Vitals

Where:

National Museum of Mathematics
11 East 26^th St., New York City
http://www.momath.org

When:

Installed November 2012, opening December 15

What:

Light field "sculptures" of knots, minimal surfaces, and bio-mathematic forms. Realized as metal plates that reflect 3D imagery when illuminated. Visitors can animate the imagery by rocking an array of overhead lamps.

Medium:

Specular holography a.k.a. zintaglio (micro-mirrors carved into sheet metal). Invention of ...

Artist:

Matt Brand
http://www.zintaglio.com

Installation photos (extended light source; maximizes view range)

All photos licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License .
They can also be used in articles about the art or the museum for free.

All art, uniform light, 16x9 aspect, available resolutions: 1920x1080, 1280x720, 640x360.

Art + animating light rig, raw light, 4x3 aspect, available resolutions: 1440x1920, 960x1280, 480x640.

 

Close-ups (point light source; maximizes color)

See the knots page for videos of the 3D effect, and the how page for explanations.

k4.1dbl, 4x3 aspect, available resolutions: , 1920x1440, 1280x960, 640x480.

k9.3.7, 4x3 aspect, available resolutions: 1920x1440, 1280x960, 640x480.

ks.t6, 4x3 aspect, available resolutions: 1920x1440, 1280x960, 640x480.

k.takraw, 4x3 aspect, available resolutions: 1920x1440, 1280x960, 640x480.

k.duo, 4x3 aspect, available resolutions: 1920x1440, 1280x960, 640x480.

k8.2.5c, 4x3 aspect, available resolutions: , 1920x1440, 1280x960, 640x480.

m.shell, 4x3 aspect, available resolutions: 1920x1440, 1280x960, 640x480.

m.scherkt, 4x3 aspect, available resolutions: 1920x1440, 1280x960, 640x480.