London Designer Paul Cocksedge has delivered yet again with a ligthing installation in Lyon, France aptly named "Borrasque", meaning "Sqaull" in french. The completed sculpture resembles pieces of paper caught in the breeze and is set against the exquisite 17th century backdrop of Lyon's Hotel de Ville. It was built for the city's annual 'Festival of lights'.
The 25 metre sculpture which includes 200 pieces of A3 paper was hand moulded using material made from electroluminescent (EL), a technology which has recently advanced rapidly to produce a range of sophisticated colour temperatures, in thin and extremely flexible sheets.
Cocksedge explains his fascination with light, stating that it combines his interest in nature: “I’ve been fascinated for a long time by the various properties of light: how it emanates, how it diffuses, bends, reflects, and scatters. With these EL sheets I’ve been able to explore much further the idea of light as a flat object, as something touchable and malleable – not housed in a glass bulb or a neon strip, but an object you can bend and twist – and almost see it come alive in your hands…”
The sculpture itself makes us question the validity of paper and written media in our highly digitized world. Therefore, can "Borrasque" can be seen as a poetic hommage to the soon bygone era when the world ran on paper.
The sculpture itself makes us question the validity of paper and written media in our highly digitized world. Therefore, can "Borrasque" can be seen as a poetic hommage to the soon bygone era when the world ran on paper.
Photos courtesy of Dezeen
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