joshua kirsch: concentricity interactive light series

concentricity is an interactive light sculpture series by joshua kirsch. consisting of three individual pieces – concentricity 96, 80, 16 – each one presents an illuminated white handle in which a viewer is invited to move in any desired direction. reed switches located within the sculpture’s circuitry sense the movements of a magnet that is contained in each of the sculpture’s handles, translating this information into the form of LED light.

concentricity 96, 2008 aluminum, stainless steel, acrylic, magnet, electronic components 38" x 37" x 8"

concentricity 96 utilizes 96 white LEDs whose light floods through the sculpture’s honeycomb-like aluminum frame, casting a range of shapes and patterns on the wall.

detail of concentricity 96

moving the illuminated white handles to generate light from the 96 LEDsimage courtesy of john minchillo

detail of the honeycomb-like frame

Concentricity 96 from Joshua Kirsch on Vimeo.

concentricity 80, 2008 aluminum, acrylic, stainless steel, magnet, electronic components 36" x 54" x 32"

80 blue/white LED lights make-up concentricity 80, which are visible from both sides of the sculpture. the front side of the aluminum disk is flat, containing circles in which the LED lights are illuminated. the back of the sculpture displays the LED on five concentrically arranged circles.

front view of concentricity 80

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detail

concentrically arranged disks with LED lights

Concentricity 80 from Joshua Kirsch on Vimeo.

concentricity 16, 2007 aluminum, acrylic, stainless steel, magnets, electronic componentsimage courtesy of john minchillo

this third piece of the series, concentricity 16, spans the height of a room from floor to ceiling and can be adjusted according to varying room heights. here, green/white LEDs are used in an arrangement which are visible from both the back and front of the sculpture.

the sculpture extends to fit any ceiling height