Thomas Wilfred
“Light is the artist’s sole medium of expression. He must mold it by optical means, almost as sculptor models clay. He must add color, and finally motion to his creation. Motion, the time dimension, demands that he must be a choreographer in space.” – Thomas Wilfred
I would love to see an exhibition of Wilfred’s work but it looks like I’ll have to travel to Los Angles before January 2009, so that’s out for now. I can’t believe Wilfred was manipulating light like this back in the early 1900s! It seems like the beginning of Star Trek-like holographics. In time, we may be able to control light to such an extent that we will be able to create “light-objects” in space. Imagine that! This is so fascinating! Just like Brian Eno realized that screens could be used for more than narrative pieces, Wilfred realized amazing possibilities for light. It will be amazing when stage lighting is no longer just creating an atmosphere , but actually becomes an object in and of itself on stage… a light person existing off the screen. And, the same for galleries and museums. We will no longer just see light shining on paintings or from off of screens, but the light will actually make “objects” appear before our eyes.
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