Perspectives
Materials: brass, copper, stainless steel and birch, year: 2017
Perspectives is a series of five performative light sculptures.
European and Middle-Eastern art history often appear to have developed
separately, based on different beliefs and artistic expressions. We tend
to forget about the strong mutual influences and shared history of
these two regions. Italian painters, for example, developed the
revolutionary linear perspective during the Renaissance based on, among
others, the knowledge of the Persian scientist and philosopher Alhazen,
who had made significant contributions to the principles of optics. On
the other hand, iconic Arabic patterns descended from simpler designs
used in earlier cultures such as Greek, Roman, and Sassanian.
As an extension and illumination of this shared history, Siba’s series Perspectives combines the ‘European’ linear perspective with abstract Middle-Eastern patterns, know as ‘arabesques’. For this series, Siba visualized the linear perspective in three dimensions and added the element of cast shadows to express contemporary geometric Middle-Eastern patterns. The architectural design remains static while the hidden light-units cast a dynamic web of shadows.
As an extension and illumination of this shared history, Siba’s series Perspectives combines the ‘European’ linear perspective with abstract Middle-Eastern patterns, know as ‘arabesques’. For this series, Siba visualized the linear perspective in three dimensions and added the element of cast shadows to express contemporary geometric Middle-Eastern patterns. The architectural design remains static while the hidden light-units cast a dynamic web of shadows.
The morphing light animation—created using programmable LEDs—is developed in collaboration with Digiluce.
The five sculptures are made out of brass, copper, stainless steel and
birch, and are finished with black India ink. Through the geometric
design, the visual aspects of mathematics in both the linear perspective
and the arabesques are translated into contemporary centerpieces.
Limited edition of: 8 of each design + 1 AP + 1 PT
photography by Lisa Klappe
This project is supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL.
Contact for price
Limited edition of: 8 of each design + 1 AP + 1 PT
photography by Lisa Klappe
This project is supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL.
Contact for price
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