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Light Trees: This Interactive Installation Lights Up When It Detects Human Energy

By heating the PMMA tubes in certain spots you can break the strict and straight form of the tubes and deform them. These deformed tubes look like and resemble tree stumps or abstract beings that have been worn down by wind and weather over a long period of time.

These tree stumps glow in white light. They seem forgotten and hopelessly lost standing there alone. Only by interacting with these sculptures, by passing by energy from humans, passes over to the light trees activating them from their eternal sleep. Every light tree responds with a different colorful light message.
In this way their souls will be set free.

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Light trees change color by using human energy

Light Trees: This Interactive Installation Lights Up When It Detects Human Energy

Support and collaboration: B.A. Tom Stöckl | Programming: Dr. René Heller, Dipl- Des. Michael Helmbrecht | Film: Richard Dahlmann | Music: Stephie Krah, Ludwig Kuckartz | Sponsoring: Athex, led-studien, InnoSent, Weidmann-Elektronik

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born on 08.28.1986 in Palo Alto, California, USA 1997 moved to Germany 2011 Diploma degree at the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe 2014 Bachelor in Lighting-Design at HAWK Hildesheim For me light is the purest form of visual art, the reduction of visibility!

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