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Complex array of perforations to play with light and shadow

people.artcenter.edu — Using a complex array of perforations, the pavilion ’s surface allows light to pass through creating shifting patterns, which–during specific times of the year–transform into the legible text of a poem. The specific arrangements of the perforations reveal different shadow-poems according to the solar calendar.

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  • sLydE, on 04/19/2008, -0/+89The time-lapse video shows the true genius in this.
  • truthmatters, on 04/19/2008, -20/+16What a beautiful invention. The world would be a better place if people turned to poetry for inspiration and true spirituality.
    • JointVenture, on 04/19/2008, -5/+16Manson was a poet.
      • championchap, on 04/19/2008, -2/+2digging you up does not express my feelings for your comment.
        I like, it, I mean.. I REALY like it.. like.. more than a friend.
      • Syric, on 04/19/2008, -3/+4OMG AN EVIL PERSON FALLS INTO A CERTAIN CATEGORY!!11 BURN THE CATEGORY!
        That's about as relevant as saying Hitler was an art student, or that Stalin preferred cotton sheets to linen.
        • divrekku, on 04/20/2008, -0/+3Wait... seriously?

          Good thing I'm a fan of linen.
        • HonoredMule, on 04/20/2008, -0/+2I KNEW those artsies were up to no good...burn them all!

          Manson is an example of poetry doing nothing to enhance value or worth, not a reflection on poets at large (although I'm sure you have brain enough to realize no one was suggesting that).
    • HonoredMule, on 04/19/2008, -3/+10Huh? Words as "true" spirituality? Even if you think religion or spiritualism is nothing more than words, what have you got against prose? Pretty words are nice but wise words are better, and it is truth that sets you free. Content over presentation.
      • b-dizzle, on 04/19/2008, -2/+3What about pretty words that provoke the inner revelation of truth?
        • HonoredMule, on 04/19/2008, -2/+4Truth isn't something you find emotionally. Feelings only lead us into what we either want to believe or are afraid of...defining a "personal reality." Even if you stumble upon something that is true, you have no basis or justification for accepting it as such.
        • Dystisis, on 04/19/2008, -2/+0Presentation over content. It has much bigger potential for a stronger impact.
    • Rayd89, on 04/20/2008, -4/+1shutup looser.
    • Henko, on 04/20/2008, -1/+3That was the worst hippie ***** I've ever read.
  • DeskFlyer, on 04/19/2008, -0/+55I'm trying to think how much planning went into placing the holes where they are and at what angle but then my head exploded.
    • BrainInAJar, on 04/20/2008, -2/+6computers can place the holes & angles where they need to be with minimal effort, once the initial programming goes in to it.
      • xkingADROCKx, on 04/20/2008, -0/+6Way to kill our buzz, buzz-kill.
  • FrequentFlyer29, on 04/19/2008, -2/+7The original page is down. Here is a couple of more or less decent mirrors that I found:
    http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/jiy ...
    http://draw.kyuhwang.com/2008/04/sunbeam-poem-proj ...
    Did anybody save the time-lapse video?
  • baylat, on 04/19/2008, -1/+15Genius indeed.
  • pegothejerk, on 04/19/2008, -2/+54I shall find it, and tape it up to say "never gonna give you up"
  • ayeroxor, on 04/19/2008, -5/+2Made popular 3 minutes ago and already down. Too bad submitter didn't put the video and images on real video/pic servers...
  • bobbybebob, on 04/19/2008, -1/+2image mirror if needed http://uploadingit.com/view/542582_x67tz
  • BlackRicoh, on 04/19/2008, -0/+11Wow. I'd really love to go see that.
  • bradg2, on 04/19/2008, -14/+4It's a trap!!
  • Nhmarine, on 04/19/2008, -8/+0The Mayans did that with some temples or such. They would make the walls at angles so that when at one time of the year the sun would make the light into a straight line surrounded by shadows it was planting season, and when it made another line it was harvesting season, and when it made another line it was sacrificing season... Nothing new, it would have just taken one industrious person to make....
    • diptheria, on 04/19/2008, -3/+5Nhmarine tells us: "Nothing new, it would have just taken one industrious person..."

      No ***** *****?! That's true for every ***** discovery/invention. Do you feel better now that you've shown us how smart you are?

      What Jiyeon Song has done is innovative and beautiful. Plenty of artists use 'paint' as their medium, does that mean that what Pablo Picasso, Amedo Modigliani, or Wassily Kandinsky have done is "nothing new?"
      • Nhmarine, on 04/19/2008, -4/+0In essence nothing is new.... for example shakespeare's stories were mostly copies of old fairy tales... I was just making a connection between Mayans and this, it does not mean I disrespected Song's industriousness.... perhaps I should have excluded the word just... but still, I feel like your calumniations have... disemboweled me (a.k.a, it was unnecesary and mean, you poopy-head ='[
    • IsmailOo, on 04/19/2008, -0/+1RIGHT ON BROTHER!
  • Jonno549, on 04/19/2008, -0/+4Absolutely amazing. I love it.
  • codefreakxff, on 04/19/2008, -12/+1The angle of the photo makes it look amazing complex, but watching the video you can clearly read the the words in the material and it looks like it is simply holes (dot-matrix style) and nothing magical or complicated. The overall effect of the words made with light on the ground is really nice. But it is not complicated math, angles, or magic.
    • thenagman, on 04/19/2008, -0/+19You have no idea what you're talking about, there are 2 different poems that show only on very specific days. The reason you can SEE the dots in the video is because you are getting the EXACT alignment necessary to do so.
      • DLuckyE, on 04/19/2008, -3/+3.
      • nomadxx7, on 04/19/2008, -0/+1So is that art geographically specific? I mean say one took that and put it somewhere completely different (i.e. down the street, another state, another continent) would it still show the same message or not work at all?
  • mas6700, on 04/19/2008, -0/+3Now that's a really cool idea. Thanks for sharing this!
  • lennybird, on 04/19/2008, -3/+4Would suck if the one day of the year it showed the poem, it was overcast.
  • weaselville, on 04/19/2008, -1/+5Where is this place? I want to go there during a partial solar eclipse... all the little sun circles would be little crescents... HUNDREDS of them!
    • HastyNameChoice, on 04/20/2008, -1/+2a nice thought, but the light during a solar eclipse would still be normal rays of light, just less intense light. The crescent is only relative to looking upward - circular holes do not cast crescent-shaped shadows.
      • mlindsey23, on 04/20/2008, -1/+0no actually your wrong, it would show little crescent sun spots. I've done it with one hole in a piece of paper during a partial eclipse in grade school
  • nutniqs, on 04/19/2008, -2/+2Word..from a fellow artcenter alumnus.
    • four5, on 04/19/2008, -2/+2seen cooler stuff at school but interesting nonetheless.
      • IsmailOo, on 04/19/2008, -1/+1COOL. TELL ME WHAT U'VE SEEN MAN!
        • kingvik, on 04/19/2008, -0/+2It seems like your shift key is stuck.
  • bigd063, on 04/19/2008, -1/+53complex array of perforations = lots of holes
    • defectDS, on 04/19/2008, -0/+2Thanks Ollie.
    • Intamin, on 04/20/2008, -0/+1Custodial Director = Janitor

      People love playing up stuff to make it sound better/more complex/cooler; but truth be told, this doesn't need words for one to behold its beauty.
  • bearcat8543, on 04/19/2008, -0/+7the time lapse video is almost as long as a full day
    • archivist, on 04/20/2008, -0/+4which i guess is the whole idea of the project. that by the time you have waited to read the whole message, you realise that the message is actually intended for you since you've already "wasted" almost a day and it tells you to not waste another one. : )

      i think it's genius. the idea is spot-on with the execution and the objective
  • fudged71, on 04/19/2008, -1/+2I would love to see many more artistic/poetic demonstrations like this in today's world. I can only imagine that I would be truly inspired if I was walking down a sidewalk, and a reflection off of a building made the word "LOVE" on the ground, or something similar. It really wouldn't be too difficult (the example from this story is quite complex!), but the impact on some people would/could be tremendous !
  • mystdragon333, on 04/19/2008, -0/+5That would look great on my lawn.
  • mountvale, on 04/19/2008, -7/+13
    Didn't Hilary take cover from sniper fire under there?


  • 808ethan, on 04/19/2008, -4/+2Its good to know THAT EVEN PEOPLE who are graduate students DOING THINGS FOR A THESIS can be considered smart EVEN WHEN THEY TYPE like this.
  • IsmailOo, on 04/19/2008, -1/+1that was really ***** cool.
  • MasterThief117, on 04/19/2008, -1/+2I wonder if this could be turned into a sundial.
    • peaceninja, on 04/19/2008, -2/+2a digital sundial? i wonder how often it would update.
    • Syric, on 04/19/2008, -1/+1That's actually quite a masterful idea, if it's possible. Ten bucks if you pull it off, MasterThief. Especially if you make it work during all seasons... tall order, but I think someone could find a way.
  • canyonblue, on 04/19/2008, -0/+3time lapse video: http://people.artcenter.edu/~jsong5/thesis/index02 ...
  • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 04/19/2008, -0/+7Digital sundial: http://www.digitalsundial.com/
  • phoenix2330, on 04/20/2008, -0/+1super cool
  • HastyNameChoice, on 04/20/2008, -0/+1what i love most about this is that someone would have to spend a whole day sitting around looking at it before receiving the message that they shouldn't waste their life doing nothing. Irony is great.
  • miodbri, on 04/20/2008, -0/+0Watching the time lapse video, what's that black line (shadow) that projects beyond the display? It was very cool :D
  • ravan46, on 04/20/2008, -0/+3Two thousand years from now...

    "I've got it! I finally figured out this ancient artifact. Line it up with the sun just right, and secret messages a printed in the shadow. It must have been a tool to communicate in wartime, or to receive messages from their god, or for human sacrifice, or...."
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