Body Movies by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (2001)

I found that this project serve as a good inspiration for me to see how Rafael taking his inspiration from Samuel Van Hoogstratens ‘Zichtbaere Wereldt’ (Visible World), by a light-play – the rules of light and darkness and perspective. The painting looks like a stage performance using light and shadow to create angelic and demonic impression. Read more from the original post here.

I will also have a more contextual reading and review blog post in the link here.

Technical Analysis

Scale: 400 - 1800 square metres

Inspiration: Samuel Van Hoogstraten's engraving The Shadow Dance (Rotterdam, 1675)

Environment: Outdoor

User Input: Multiple input, user's shadow trigger interactivity

Dynamic Content Display: Street Photos, randomizing sizes, placement

Equipments: Four 7kW Xenon Projectors with robotic rollers, 1,200 Duraclear transparencies, computerized tracking system, plasma screen and mirrors. Variable Dimension.