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2024
10 Columns is a large scale light installation composed of illuminated rectangular forms arranged in a gallery space, their surfaces glowing with programmed color sequences that shift and evolve over time. Smith orchestrates a choreography of light and hue across the vertical planes, creating a spatial experience where perception itself becomes the medium. The work transforms the architectural environment through luminous intervention, inviting viewers to witness how color and light fundamentally alter our experience of form, volume, and time. Each column functions as an independent element within a larger compositional system, their collective presence generating a meditative environment of pure optical phenomena. The installation exemplifies Smith's practice of using technology and light to reveal the invisible forces that shape perception.
- Location
- Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Bridge ProjectsView on map
Notes
Installation photographs of 10 Columns at Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, 2024. Photo: Lance Gerber.
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Turrell similarly uses light as a primary sculptural medium in site specific desert environments, creating immersive perceptual experiences that blur the boundaries between natural and artificial illumination.

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Eliasson creates large scale installations using light, mirrors, and reflective surfaces to engage viewers with natural phenomena, sharing Smith's interest in transforming architectural and landscape environments through precisely orchestrated sensory interventions.
Doug Wheeler
American · b. 1939
Wheeler is a core figure in the Light and Space movement whose immersive environments using diffused light and minimalist forms closely parallel Smith's exploration of perception, luminosity, and spatial transformation.


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