Site-Specific Light Sculpture
21c Museum Hotel
UROS | Cincinnati, Ohio 2012
Illuminati is a collection of interactive new media projects, designed to engage viewers with art, light, space, and one another. It creates opportunities for visitors to return in order to experience dynamic artworks that change, reflect, and animate their surroundings over time.
21c Museum, dedicated to integrating contemporary art into daily life, renovated and restored the 100-year-old former
Metropole Hotel in downtown Cincinnati.
Media: LEDs, diffusion material, vinyl, custom lighting sequence, electrical hardware
Dimensions: 7 ft x 5 ft x 1 1/4 ft
Originally designed to be a floor installation, Uros was adapted to be installed as a wall sculpture at 21c Cincinnati. A custom-designed lighting sequence changes the color of the piece to emit a spectrum of glowing hues, transforming the surrounding space and engaging viewers in an awareness of site and self, while referencing the Peruvian island environment of Uros.
Diseñado originalmente para ser una instalación de piso, la Isla de los Uros se adaptó para ser instalada. Como una escultura de pared en 21c Cincinnati. Una secuencia de iluminación diseñada a pedido cambia el color de la pieza para emitir un espectro de matices brillantes, transformando el espacio circundante y comprometiendo a los observadores en la toma de conciencia del sitio y de la identidad propia, mientras hace referencia al ambiente de la isla peruana de los Uros.