Southbank people and light movement

As I had the movements of the people and light in their separate parts it was hard to visualize the movement of the overall site. Although the quality is poor, if you scroll down I have uploaded them individually so they are larger and less pixelated.  

Southbank people and light movement from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

Walk through Southbank

Darkness is making you focus on the parts that are artificially lit. This video is identifing where artificial light filters into The Southbank along the front. Imagine only exploring The Southbank by using the light as direction. 



Site Walk from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

LED throwies

Powered by a battery. Eventually runs out leaving a light that slowly goes out and flickers. Can be made at home. Useful for site experiments. Has to be attached to a metallic surface. Could be used to highlight parts of buildings that are normally hidden.

A LED throwie is a small LED attached to a coin battery and a rare earth magnet (usually with conductive epoxy or electrical tape), used for the purpose of creating non-destructive graffiti and light displays. Artists use them by throwing individual LEDs onto metallic objects, like public sculpture or road infrastructure. By throwing LEDs onto an object, the object itself acts as a canvas.

Jason Bruger - Wind to Light

Wind to Light, Southbank Centre, 2007

Self powered. Swaying in the wind to create power. Beautiful night and day. Of a day you can see the intricate design working and of a night a swaying display of light. Adding to the artificial lighting at Southbank. 

 

In collaboration with onedotzero and Light Lab for Architecture Week 2007 of which the theme was, ‘How green is our space?’ The festival focused on critical issues of climate change and sustainability, with the aim to inspire people to think creatively about the spaces around them.

‘Wind to Light’ was an idea that visualized wind movement across the built form with the use of mini turbines and LEDs and draws attention to the potential of harnessing wind power as a source of energy.

The installation has been custom built, using scaled down wind turbines to generate power, which illuminate hundreds of mounted LEDS, creating firefly-like fields of light, with wind visually interpreted as electronic patterns across the installation.

Mapping techniques

Inverted images. A great technique for mapping the path taken. Beautiful image. Gives the correct information to the viewer. Simple overlapping line drawing. 

This project aims at mapping worldwide airline routes. Every single scheduled flight on any given day is represented by a fine line from its point of origin to the airport of destination, therefore forming a net of thousands of lines. Hubs like JFK, FRA or DXB turn into heavy condensed nodes where lines meet, while local routes are only slightly discernible. Every scheduled airline route has been extracted from booking and airline systems.