For this Lookingoutwards assignment I have taken a look at the possibilities of mas MSP in combination with light. Artworks making using of lights and lasers have always been an interested to me and therefore I decided to look around in this area.

“Created by UVA, Vanishing Point employs perspective as both tool and visual outcome to reshape, redefine and represent a pristine space. Inspired by sketches of Great Masters like Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo DaVinci or Albrecht Dürer, UVA sends lines into space from an arbitrary vanishing point, creating different volumes, divisions and rooms to be explored by the audience.”

In short VanishingPoint makes room and walls by using a laser from a vanishing point. Due to this they can created the illusion of being confined. I like also that they have sound that is not pre-recorded but is generated by the lasers ‘drawing’ those walls.

Created by COCOLAB from Mexico and commissioned by ARCA, Cycles is an audio visual installation comprised of a series of laser projectors to visualise short cycle audio compositions by a collection of A/V artists including Julian Placencia – Disco Ruido (MX), Shiro Schwarz (MX), Eduardo Jiménez (MX), Tijs Ham (NL) and Sebastian Frisch (DE).

I just like the looks of this piece of art. It is a 6.5m diameter circle with 17 laserbeamers. I think it is beautiful how they react to the music and form nice shapes together and on their own. Though I still miss a bit of coherency it the design I really like what they tried to achieve.