Ingredients
Experience Description | Function | Material Description |
Sight source | Point-source of light for control of illumination structure and brightness | Maglite mini LED flashlight and batteries |
“Deeds and sufferings” of bright | Dimmable color changer | Red/green/blue LED bulb with remote control |
Portals for looking in | Personal pocket ganzfeld; dissolves edges creating equiluminant light field | Ping pong ball halves |
Edge softeners | Mixes up light information a little or a lot; variable with distance | Vellum double-sided matte .005 thickness and vellum paper |
Brightness modulators | Rough reflection or absorption of light; variable with angle; cut outs, curves, folds… | White and black paper |
Cuttable dark | Absorbs light; creates edges, apertures, windows | Black museum board |
Architectonics of darkness | Light absorbing structural material for settings | ¼” black foam core |
Subtlest mirror | Transparency; marks can be floated in the visual field; transmits and reflects light depending on angle | Acetate .004 thickness |
Planar brightness | Holds light; transmits light information when illuminated from behind | Thin white styrene |
Liquid imagery | Makes imagery malleable | Metalized polyester |
Viewpoint chooser | Shows and multiplies different angles of view | Polyethylene mirror |
Slices of color | Rich, vibrant, reflected-color sheets | Color Aid swatches |
Brightness shaper | Light baffle; tubes, cutouts; controls light spill | Cinefoil black light-block foil |
Texture shaper | Polygon structuring of 2D and 3D perceptual surfaces | Wire mesh |
Hands | Holding layers of materials | Alligator clip-sticks with base |