Out of the Light by Semiconductor

Out of the Light from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

An extract of our floor projected HD video installation. It consists of five parts that can be seen as either a single screen or installed as separate projections around the space.
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HD floor projection with surround sound/10.00 mins/2008
A Semiconductor work by Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt.

Solar audio courtesy of Alexander G. Kosovichev at Stanford University.

Commissioned by Arcadi, Paris


Over time, celestial patterns can reveal themselves through the play of light and shadow on the world around us. Out of the Light is a CGI time based sculpture, which recreates these shadow phenomena to explore how we can make sense of the world through observation; we experience a solar eclipse as observed through the branches of a tree, the rhythm of a city as its shadows phase from days to months to years and the transit of Venus observed through the construction of simple man made tools. Viewing these events with the unaided eye allows for anomalies in the quality and nature of light which are played upon here, to explore our perceptual sensitivities.