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Responsive objects / 13 / Cast shadows

Quiet Face Shadow-Fin Sculpture.

Four fins sit at different depths. Slide the lamp until their separate shadows form the profile from Quiet Face I.

Optical study 13Projection wall
Quiet Face projection wall and point-light diagram Four fin shadows shift across the upper wall. The diagram below shows the lamp and the fins from above. WALL LIGHT RAIL
Quiet Face IFour fins / One lamp

Split shadows / Single profile

Find the alignment.

Move the lamp sideways and watch the shadows shift at different speeds. At the centre mark the four shapes join. Use the slider or choose Align light.

Source artworkQuiet Face I

The demo projects four flat shapes from a point light. A physical model would let the studio check how fin thickness, the size of the lamp and the wall distance affect the profile. View the sculpture mockup ↗