Statement Post

Name - Zane A Miller

TItle - Zed

Media - Primer on Spandex over Steel Rod and Plywood

Dimensions - 74” x 74”

“Zed” is an interactive illuminated sculptural installation.  The lighting in the room is controlled by viewers who will choose color swaths, insert them into a scanner, and direct the data received to the right or left side of the room at the push of a button.  Some surfaces of the white sculptures are then illuminated by one color or the other, while other surfaces allow for a blending of the two color choices or are shrouded in shadow.  This piece is an exploration of form with respect to light as well as an attempt to surrender choice of compositional color to the viewer.  These are 3D explorations born of lineage I create in 2D space.

Behind the curtain is an arrangement of wall sculptures that read as dimensional paintings.  In the center of the room there is a pedestal that has a color scanning box that drives the LED strips that are set at wide angles from the center of my arrangement.  I’m not going to post a working photo of the inside of the room yet, but it works.  Instead I will post an extremly small photo that when clicked will take you to an external link.  Click the photo or don’t, it’s your experience to spoil ---> () <---. Here is a look at the arrangment on the ground before it when up on the wall as well as the LEDs working correctly without gramlins.  I still have to paint the back wall black as well as the cieling because it is too reflective and distracting.  I also going to be adding shields to the LEDs so that people don't see the light source.