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lightwork 1
        
 
      
light installation 
    
    

      
Presented 
        with a derelict building (Feinkost Karl Liebknecht-str) Carlo Crovato 
        explores the ubiquitous but unconsciously perceived language of buildings. 
        Not the language of architectural conventions or styles but the assumptions 
        we make about our environment that are based on perceptual precedent built 
        up over years of experience.
    
    

      
The 
        piece Lightwork I uses 31 Edison light bulbs (one for each window) and 
        a dimmer switch to create the illusion that behind the facade there is 
        one large space and not the many smaller spaces that are indicated by 
        the size and placing of the windows. By simulating contrary information 
        to that which is understood from the learnt relationship between the window 
        and the space behind it Lightwork I illustrates how we are always subconsciosly 
        perceiving and interpreting enviromental information.
    
  
  
   
  

    
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