Light from a 35mm photographic slide containing the ‘drawing’ of a cube is projected onto a slowly rotating structure in a darkened space.
Only the effect of the lines of light, reflected and intercepted, can be seen – not the structure itself.
The result is a constantly moving ‘volume’ of tiny dots of light which describe the form of a cube.
Produced during Pepper’s Master of Fine Art degree at the University of Reading, UK.
Shown at the 1980 New Contemporaries exhibition, held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, where it was a prize winner.
This work eventually led to experiments with holography and the production of Line Addition .
Title: Random Cube Rotation
Date: 1980
Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 m
Materials: 35mm photographic slide, slide projectors, rotating object, elastic, electric motor
Edition: 10
Detail of the projected lines of light being intercepted by the rotating cubic structure.
Larger installations were developed which used up to four slide projectors placed on the floor, projecting upwards across the space.
Numerous lengths of white twine were hung in the space. As the projected light passed through the rotating structure, it was intercepted by these individual physical lines, causing the kinetic dots of light to occupy more space in the installation and extend beyond the rotating cubic structure