experimenting with light!

i took the light figures further thinking how i could create a piece along the same lines. By using Leonardo Da Vinci's perfect man image;




















I have built up a body with starts creating this image of the 'perfect man'.
To test my ideas i did a couple of examples by piercing holes in black paper and projecting light through and observing how it went, if it works, if it doesn't.

These are my results, the orbs are a happy accident. I didn't know how it would turn out and they create a really nice effect that could help me think of other ideas.
Also the holes where I'm trying to create the essence of life could also show decay and death so it shows both sides of the coin, this exercise really helps me on how to develop my idea to a final piece

Light after Death: Mihoko Ogaki

I found this artist really interesting as her sculptures are ideas of life, death and rebirth. created by fibre-reinforced plastic and bright LED lights inside to create the effect of stars inside the body. She names these pieces 'Milky Way' its powerful and makes you think the human form is special looking at how she has approached these.

V.L.V light images

I have chosen to talk about this image as it is so cliche, with the religious aspect its common to be known as the light of god shinning down from heaven. created by British artist Anthony McCall.

 This image is from Harry Potter, it is perceived in the film as a symbol of purity and hope. I have chosen this for an example as life is all about hope and what you make of it.

 I found this image to show how my idea could develop, i could have a innocent animal like a cat glowing while surrounded by the void.

 Following the glowing cat idea i found this image, it says a lot as a static image. In my eyes its such a powerful image and an example of void life void, with the glowing woman in the centre with the nothingness of the void surrounding. Also the streaks show not only movement but the flow of life.

Continuing with my light idea i stumbled across this idea, of a hand grasping a ball of light. I believe the point this image is putting across is we all have our own destinies within our hands and we have the power and freedom of life. I believe this is an important aspect we should remember.

Examples of a void

I added this clip as an example of a white void. Here it is just Jack, his ship and a white rock and nothingness. I think he plays this perfect with his reaction to whats going on.



I added this video to show a cartoon look on a void, here Stewie and Brian are outside the Universe (outside the space time continuum) evidently a void where there is nothing they are just floating and there is no laws of physics.

Light Sculpture

i decided to go forward looking at light and how i could use that to create the life in the void life void.
So I'm playing around seeing if i can symbolise the meaning of life and what would work well.

Makoto Tojiki

i found this japanese artist which uses light to create sculptures of people and animals, they are really well thought out and realistic.

'The man with no shadow' this piece he did is amazing the detail is magnificent the way the light creates the image is clever, but i also noticed this is a good example of void life void as there is nothingness on each side of the sculpture so this also can be shown as an example.

This is also another example of Tojiki's work, 'The horse with no shadow' it is so well created how the lights reflect the lighter and darker shapes of the horse. But also turning to the void life void, it doesn't have to be centred around a person it could be any living thing!

V.L.V examples

I found this example of void life void, as the tree in the middle growing as the life. It seems so pure and beautiful while the both sides are black and dull and lifeless.

 This image really got me thinking, apart from the void life void, it could also symbolise the light hitting down from god, so it has two meaning and i thought it was a really interesting way to think and develop ideas from.

Thinking more of the light from above i thought about the Sky Window created by James Turrell currently displayed at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Its an impressive way to view the sky from as it looks just like a painting , but also like the well images it also can be perceived as a religious symbol.

Void. Life. Void

Existentialism.

there is 3 parts to existentialism, the universe before our life before we have lived. The second part, life, the meaning of life. what meaning we have while we are alive. And finally the afterlife, which is when we are dead, religious people believe we live on but on the other side other people believe its nothingness when we are dead then we are dead.

i have decided to focus on this because it affects me in a personal way, i will connect better this way.