NILSA SARMIENTO
Architect and Lighting Designer
IRON'S LIFE
This lighting installation was a group project and the "Site 7" of "Light in Alingsas 2015", organized by Alingsas Kommun. It was done in an open space, which was located near the center of Alingsas and covered a cicle passage, and a train bridge.
The idea of my group was creating a colored lighting installation that represented the “Iron’s Life”. So the area was divided in different scenarios where the public could feel each of the steps that the iron follows
from being a mineral to be a useful or beautiful thing and it’s way back. In other words, the installation was composed by the following areas:
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The melting area. It was represented with redish colors because you need fire and really high temperatures to melt down this mineral.
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The cooling down area. It was represented with bluish colors that represent the water you need to cool down something that is hot. In this part we used some elements to create an interactive feeling with the public, once they touch these elements, a water drop was visible in the walls.
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The cooling down area. It was represented with bluish colors that represent the water you need to cool down something that is hot. In this part we used some elements to create an interactive feeling with the public, once they touch these elements, a water drop was visible in the walls.
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The production area. It was represented with white moving wheels projected in the face under the train bridge, and it represents the power of the industry.
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The finished product area. It was represented with projections of art pieces in one side of the bride (pedestrian passage ‘s entrance), on the trees and by the use of some victorians poles in the passage after the bridge.
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The recycling area. It was represented by the lighting of a piece o car and and old byke located in the other side of the road.
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Photography: Patrik Gunnar Helin