
LIGHT+CHANGE Installation View 14
2022
This large scale light installation comprises five geometric structures of varying heights arranged throughout a gallery space, each internally illuminated to cast intricate shadow patterns onto surrounding surfaces. The works employ programmed LED lighting that choreographs color shifts over extended durations, transforming the perceptual experience of the forms and their architectural environment. The cylindrical and rectangular latticed structures create complex interplays of light and shadow, engaging viewers in a phenomenological exploration of how illumination reveals and obscures material form. Mounted on subtle platforms and positioned in conversation with one another, the installation transforms the gallery interior into a luminous landscape of shifting chromatic and spatial relationships. This approach to light as a sculptural medium invites sustained observation of how color and time animate architectural geometry.
- Location
- Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Notes
Installation view of LIGHT+CHANGE, Palm Springs Art Museum, Nov 25 2022 to May 7 2023. Photo: Lance Gerber.
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James Turrell
American · b. 1943

Turrell creates immersive light installations that transform architectural spaces through programmed color shifts and phenomenological perception, directly paralleling Smith's use of choreographed LED color and the way light reshapes the viewer's experience of interior environments.

Leo Villareal
American · b. 1967

Villareal constructs large scale LED based geometric sculptures that use custom software to program complex, time based color sequences within latticed structures, sharing Smith's approach to algorithmic color choreography and luminous geometric form in gallery and architectural contexts.
Olafur Eliasson
Danish-Icelandic · b. 1967
Eliasson creates environmental installations that use geometric structures and controlled light to cast intricate shadow patterns and alter spatial perception, directly echoing Smith's latticed forms, shadow play, and interest in how illuminated sculpture transforms the phenomenological experience of a gallery space.


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