Early experimental studio developments explored the location of points of light in space.
Thin fabric screens, hung in the studio, display small blocks of light from a projected 35mm photographic slide.
As the studio was a completely windowless black space (walls and ceiling), light from the slide projector was not noticeable on the black walls but, as it was intercepted by the thin hanging screens, appeared to ‘place’ blocks of light in the centre of the space.
Title: Column Projection
Date: 1977
Dimensions: Studio space
Materials: Synthetic fabric screens, 35mm slide, slide projector
Edition: Unique
Notes: Developed during Pepper’s BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art at Trent Polytechnic (now Nottingham Trent University)
Observers could walk around the illuminated structure, or between the columns, enhancing the impression of a three-dimensional ‘object’ suspended, unsupported, in space.
By changing slides, the pink/red rectangles of light appeared to ‘move’ between columns, graphically highlighting the eight corners of a cube.
Other experiments in this series: Light Field.
