Courthouse Breda
In the entrance hall of the courthouse in Breda, two large blocks hanging from a beam at the ceiling contain a chaos of tiny dots of light. Light as a cluster of moving particles, lighting up like a wave. The blocks, moving up and down as if weighed in a balance, are each composed of over 8.000 LED cubes, all of which can be controlled individually. Within these blocks moving images appear, based on words to describe actions which are evaluated, or weighed, in court. The words chosen also suggest literal movement, while at the same time they have metaphorical or even emotional connotations: to leak, to part, to wring, etc. While you tend to think you understand what you’re seeing, there is a peculiar, elusive logic to the scenes produced.
Licht-Wegen is a technically unique and innovative work I was able to realise in collaboration with Yens & Yens and Bram Verhavert.
Dim. 2 moving blocks of 2.50 x 1.25 x 1.25 m, each composed of 8.000 LED cubes.
Steel, RGB LEDs, and microcontroller.
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Client: Rijksvastgoeddienst
Production: Yens & Yens
3D animation: Bram Verhavert
Art advisor: Esther Vonk en Gijs Frieling
Photography: Jannes Linders
Video: Adina Dragnea