Type Lights

September 20, 2005 05:15 PM

This is my ‘Top-Down’ project idea:

This project would explore the display of type (or images?) in a three- dimensional space in such a way that the message only becomes clear from a certain vantage point.

One possible execution would involve a large array of light bulbs hanging from the ceiling at different points in X, Y and Z space. As a user types on a keyboard the appropriate bulbs are lit to form the message. Any viewers not standing in the proper viewing position will see a random display of lights.

In a medium quickly shifting from traditional hard copy output to computer displays, this project emphasizes the ephemeral quality of digital type and language itself.

Project: Type Lights | link

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