Video: Field of Light. Installation by Bruce Munroe
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The glowing field of Bruce Munro seems to be a fabulous island, it is incomprehensible how it found itself in a gray reality. Although, according to the designer himself, this is not magic at all, but just a new level in the development of light sculptures.
The unusual installation was created as part of the Eden Project in Cornwall (England) last winter. Typically, Bruce Munroe's work consists of thousands of acrylic tubes topped with a ball. Inside them are optical fibers, illuminated by an external projector, so no electricity is needed to glow the tubes. To create a luminous field measuring 20x60 meters, the designer needed 6 thousand acrylic pipes, and the total length of the fibers used was 24 thousand meters!
Light in general plays an important role in the work of Bruce Munro. “For me, this is a natural material that can be used,” says the designer.
To create such an installation, Bruce was inspired by the Australian Desert, which he saw 15 years ago. He was fascinated by the sudden appearance of flowers in the desert after a thunderstorm. Munroe was also completely intrigued by the strange oasis-like sculptures that adorned the campgrounds along the road like giant bananas or pineapples. Amazed, he made a series of sketches, and since then he has not been abandoned by the idea of reflecting this beauty in his work. His Field of Light undoubtedly became that bright flower in the impenetrable darkness of the night.
The Field of Light is a huge installation right in the middle of nature. And just like dry seeds lie in the sands of the desert waiting for rain, the plants from Bruce's installation doze until darkness falls, then bloom with a soft mysterious color.
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