Today I finished the construction of my 'Light Corridor'. I had sourced all of the required materials and i wanted to set it up (make it) before i transport it to uni, this is so that i can find out if there are any faulty parts (which i found) that can get rectified.
In all honesty, I thought it looked bloody marvelous. it is fantastic to finally realise a work from the drawing board to completion.
Things i still need to do to the piece are to fine tune the motion sensors so that they are all running well and in synchronization. I also need to tidy up the wiring ( I left them untied to the frame during mock up so it would be easy to solve any problems.) I havn't spent ages fiddling with the motion sensors because if i get them working tip top in the workshop they would work differently in another environment.
Initial thoughts about the piece are that of excitement, and anticipation for setting it up in the studios. I also have been thinking a lot about the way the piece itselfn functions.
Initially the idea was to have a person initiating the lights at the opposite end to a given motion sensor. during testing this seemed impractical as the lights flicker before they turn on and a person would have reached the end of the corridor before the lights achieve the desired function. Instead of this i have set the motion sensors up to trace movement. activating the motion sensors immediate lights. This is more similar to my ghost lights in that it is showing the movement of somebody as it happens (although not in different spaces). This piece remains reminiscent of a ghost because an eery flickering of lights follows a person down the corridor behind them.
During mock up today, the motion sensors were not tuned. the lights flickered seemingly of there own accord. I found it incredibly interesting seeing the lights flicker and turn on and off 'randomly' inciting an otherworldy feeling inside me.
I shall shortly be posting some images and videos of the days achievements.
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