Huge, illuminated chandeliers made from unconventional materials.
“Still Life” by Doug Aitken (2014)
A series of rooms with plaster walls which appear to be carved from stone. The rooms are filled with other works in a variety of media.
Enchanted Object: “Light Chimes” by Connor Brem, Emma Steuer (2014)
The object looks much like a simple set of old fashioned chimes. But there are no chimes, only strings. In complete stillness, it hums contentedly; but when the strings move and let light into its insides, it intones like a set of chimes. Light chimes.
Light sensors in its cap send information to a brain in the striker. At intervals, it picks a pitch which corresponds to the number of sensors exposed to light. The resulting sound is hollow and electronic, and changes abruptly.
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