Published on: March 8, 2009

A Spatial Portrait is a project by Leni Schwendinger Light Project that was exhibited in Liberty Science Center, New Jersey/USA on February 13th.

The suspended sculpture is composed of 108 strands of LEDs which light changes in time.

The light patterns displayed within the matrix correspond and interact with the movement of the visitors in the gallery.

All the images are by Arch Photo.

Here is some more info by LSLP:

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The information displayed in the LED array will consist of three different programming concepts. Each concept displays a different interpretation of the movement in Great Hall and can be defined in the following ways:

Figurative
The figurative concept marks the entry of visitors into the Science Court. The visitors’ colors, shapes and movements are captured by a video camera at a designated area close to the main entrance.

This visual information is pixilated, reassembled and fed into the LED array and viewable from multiple vantage points in the Court. Like a three-dimensional mirror of light, the interacting visitors, their friends and others may view a low resolution depiction of their actions displayed in real-time. As they gather, perform and play, the visitors interact with and alter their oversized representation in the spatial field.

Diagrammatic
As visitors move through the space, their progress is tracked, drawn into the spatial field above and represented in set colors; orange and white. Through digital comparison of the crowd circulation patterns, visual data is scaled and extruded into the Artwork. Visitors that cross paths during a set period of time cause a vivid, burst of color to be displayed in the LED array. The content of this colorful burst is processed pre-recorded video of the Hoberman Sphere cycle – a kinetic sculpture suspended nearby.

Quiet Time
This program celebrates the sculptural dialogue with the Hoberman Sphere. During the quiet moments, when the Science Court awaits its next round of visitors, the LED spatial array displays the expansion and contraction of the Hoberman Sphere. Through pre-recorded video of the Sphere cycle infused with the variegated artist-created color palette, the imagery reinforces the quietness of the space visually breathing in concert with the Sphere.