Floating Resonating Lamps - One Stroke
teamLab, 2019, Interactive Installation, Murano Glass, LED, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
Each of the lamps on the water’s surface floats autonomously. When a person stands still near a lamp, or when the wind blows a lamp, it shines brightly and emits a sound. The light of that lamp is transmitted to nearby lamps one by one, as the sound is continuously emitted. The transmitted light always travels through each of the lamps only once, shining brightly, as it propagates through all of the lamps, continuing on to Life is Continuous Light on the island in the center of the pond. People become aware of the presence of others in the same space.
The light is transmitted in such a way that the total distance it travels as short as possible. In other words, the light travels in a single stroke along the shortest route through all of the lamps only once.
When the wind is not blowing and people are not nearby, the lamps begin to blink slowly.
*The lamps are made of Murano glass (Venetian glass).