CarolSalmanson.com http://www.carolsalmanson.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 04 May 2010 21:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 All That’s Left http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2010/03/all-thats-left/ http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2010/03/all-thats-left/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:59:26 +0000 CarolSalmanson.com Administrator http://www.carolsalmanson.com/?p=721 The installation “All That’s Left” was shown in 2010 at the East/West Project in Berlin, Germany.  It consists of ten boxes with LEDs embedded in reflective sheeting, and backlit with white light.  They were combined to transform the heavy feeling of salvaged masonry into an evocative, ethereal experience. Their blue and green hues complement the color of red bricks, and their variation echoes that found in brickwork of older buildings.

LEDs, reflective sheeting, plexi, aluminum
10 boxes, each 6″ high x 33 3/8″ wide by 2 3/4″ deep
2010

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10" wide x 17" high 6" wide x 9" high 6" wide x 9" high 6" wide x 9" high 6" wide x 9" high ]]> http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2010/02/bubble-drawings/feed/ 0 “Glimmering Grove:” Video http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2010/01/glimmering-grove-video/ http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2010/01/glimmering-grove-video/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:43:25 +0000 CarolSalmanson.com Administrator http://www.carolsalmanson.com/?p=578

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]]> http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/12/contact/feed/ 0 Links http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/11/links/ http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/11/links/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:32:21 +0000 CarolSalmanson.com Administrator http://www.carolsalmanson.com/?p=504 http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/11/links/feed/ 0 Tri-Quadular Cone http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/tri-quadular-cone/ http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/tri-quadular-cone/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:20:43 +0000 CarolSalmanson.com Administrator http://www.carolsalmanson.com/?p=188 This sculpture’s 4 sides are each faced with a different color of prismatic reflective sheeting. In the daytime, the shape, color and reflective nature of the sheeting are seen. At night, hidden colored light beamed onto the sheeting creates an entirely different, multi-hued glowing environment. Tri-Quadular Cone: View 1, Lights Off Tri-Quadular Cone: View 2, Lights On

Reflective sheeting, LEDs, steel
107″ H x 23″ W x 23″ D
2007

]]> http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/tri-quadular-cone/feed/ 0 Upon Reflection http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/upon-reflection/ http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/upon-reflection/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:44:35 +0000 CarolSalmanson.com Administrator http://www.carolsalmanson.com/?p=138 5 stainless steel boxes whose recessed centers are lined with hidden fluorescent lights, and faced with LEDs beamed through prism rods for a jewel-like effect.  The lights’ reflection is caught in the stainless steel on either side.  The boxes form a column to evoke a totemic, ethereal sensation. Upon Reflection Upon Reflection: Detail

LEDs, stainless steel, electronic-ballast fluorescent lights, gel filters, prism rods
110” H x 21 3/4” W x 10 1/2” D
2007

]]> http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/upon-reflection/feed/ 0 Diaphany http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/diaphany/ http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/diaphany/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:57:16 +0000 CarolSalmanson.com Administrator http://www.carolsalmanson.com/?p=43 This window installation at Mixed Greens Gallery in New York used the building’s architecture as its starting point, incorporating mullions, sills, and fire escape into its geometry.  2,642 LEDs joined with the hard edges and soft blends of gel filters to change the experience of the urban street.

"Diaphany," Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY “Diaphany,” Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY: West Window “Diaphany,” Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY: Center Window "Diaphany" Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY: East Window “Diaphany,” Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY:Detail of West Window

LEDs, fluorescents, gel filters
3 windows: 111″ x 80″, 80″ x 31″, and 80″ x 53″
2008

]]> http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/diaphany/feed/ 0 Waiting Game http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/waiting-game/ http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/waiting-game/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:41:07 +0000 CarolSalmanson.com Administrator http://www.carolsalmanson.com/?p=396 This Finalist’s Proposal, for Denver’s RTD, is a light show for those times when commuters wait for their train while trains moving the other way come and go.  Before the train going the “wrong” way arrives, panels of various colors of reflective sheeting mounted to the station columns catch the ambient light.  As it pulls in, hidden colored lights beam onto the sheeting and create many hues and blends of glowing, pulsating light to create delightful entertainment in place of frustration. “WAITING GAME” Finalist’s Proposal, Louisiana Station Percent-for-Art (rapid transit station), Denver, CO October, 2005 There will be times when each and every commuter will be late and waiting for a train, watching in frustration as trains moving the other way come and go. This proposed project would create a light show for those moments, a kind of consolation prize. I have recently been working with an especially high intensity prismatic reflective sheeting that glows as it reflects light from certain angles. The five columns on either side of the Louisiana Avenue platform’s staircase would have recessed colored LEDs hidden in channels, which beam colored light onto the sheeting. Each column will have a sensor on both sides. As trains pulls into the station, detectors will sense their motion, switching on the lights on the opposite side of the staircase. As they leave the station, the lights turn off. When there are no trains in the station, the sheeting will pick up both daylight and the lights overhead as riders walk along the platform. “Waiting Game” would create a visually logical pattern of five colors. The LEDs that turn on when trains arrive would be hidden in channels on both the right and left edges of each column. Each column’s lights will be of two different colors, creating a three colored effect when combined with the color of the prismatic sheeting itself, for a shimmering, glowing effect. As travelers wait for their trains, they‘ll no longer stare blankly into the distance. Instead, a moment of quotidian frustration will become a theatrical experience, a waiting game.

]]> http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/waiting-game/feed/ 0 Light Lines http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/light-lines/ http://www.carolsalmanson.com/2009/10/light-lines/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:38:25 +0000 CarolSalmanson.com Administrator http://www.carolsalmanson.com/?p=391 These works on paper use the concept of circuit drawings to transform diagrams into aesthetic visual objects, using the limits of positive and negative current as each piece’s starting point. The copper tape serves as a major design element as well as conducts power to the embedded LEDs. 8" H x 10" W x 2" D 8" H x 10" W x 2" D 10" H x 8" W x 2" D 8" H x 10" W x 2" D 21" H x 4" W x 2" D 11" H x 14" W x 2" D 11" H x 14" W x 2" D 14" H x 11" W x 2" D 14" H x 11" W x 2" D

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