Райан Вулф

Lit from Within

source: vasily-sergeevlivejournal

Американский художник Райан Вулф (Ryan Wolfe) вживляет внутрь растений искусственные источники света — светодиоды, которые в течение дня меняют яркость, имитируя суточное прохождение солнца. Идея работы заключается в том, что технология сможет не только защитить жизнь, но и стать ее врожденным элементом, породив новую форму существования. (Об использовании генной инженерии и биохимии в искусстве читатйте в статье “Химеры искусства”).
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
source: annafrantsnet

The technological and biological merge to create a unique hybrid living system which inverts the fundamental biological relationship between inside and outside…

STUDY FOR LIT FROM WITHIN In a sun-less room, plants thrive using light that emanates from within their own living tissue. Ryan Wolfe’s newest installation redefines how a living form can relate to its environment.

Clusters of Equisetum Hyemale (Common Horsetail) are equipped with the equivalent of internal sunshine. staggered throughout a dark room, each plant contains a number of surgically-embedded LEDs. These LEDs have been selected to enable the plants to photosynthesize in darkness. Sunrise and sunset programmatically occur from within each plant, allowing the viewer to navigate a field of organisms flourishing off their own internal sun cycle.

Wolfe’s installation reminds us how modern advances increasingly reconfigure lives while offering an imaginative glimpse of the future of this intertwining.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
source: katelynliepinsweebly

“”Study for Lit from Within,” which pairs living plants with LED lights in a dark room. The lights are surgically embedded into the actual plants and operate on a programmed schedule of sunrise and sunset. Each plant’s “internal sunshine” allows for photosynthesis, thus keeping it alive while creating a striking, futuristic display.”
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
source: thewyede

a New Media Public Art installation by Ryan Wolfe

commissioned for Lexus Hybrid

curated by Katya Bochavar

presented by Dam Stuhltrager/THE WYE

at Artplay in Moscow, Russia

In “Lit From Within,” plants thrive in a sunless room using light emanating from their own living tissue. Clusters of Equisetum Hyemale (Common Horsetail) are surgically-embedded with LEDs that radiate with an internal sunshine, enabling photosynthesis in darkness.

Sunrise and sunset programmatically occur from within each plant, allowing viewers to navigate a field of organisms flourishing from their own internal sun cycle. The technological and biological merge to create a unique hybrid system which inverts the fundamental biological relationship between inside and outside.

Documentation of Commission: http://vimeo.com/58620577

ABOUT RYAN WOLFE:

RYAN WOLFE USES TECHNOLOGY TO DESIGN INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS REMINISCENT OF – YET COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM – THE NATURAL SYSTEMS UPON WHICH THEY ARE BASED. HIS PAST PROJECTS INCLUDE: HERMITAGE MUSEUM / DOVZHENKO FILM STUDIOS / 21 C MUSEUM/ ORIENTAL PEARL TOWER / E-HALLE / ISTANBUL CONVENTION CENTER / EXHIBITS / UNIV OF TN / CENTREQUATRE / NASSAUISCHER KUNSTVEREIN / IMOCA / ARTBOTS / BUMBERSHOOT / NJ ARTS COUNCIL. PRESS INCLUDES: RHIZOME / CHINAVISUAL / ART REVIEW / SCULPTURE MAG / DVICE / COOL HUNTING / ART PAPER / NYARTS / KUNSTASPEKTE / NY OBSERVER / ARTINFO / ARTNET.