Light Piano

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This light mashine is an instrument where light, rather than sounds, are your tones. The performance is inside of the piano. Where an acoustic piano is spreading tones into the context from the piano box, the light piano is collecting the natural light from the context into a box where darkness is silence. By opening and closing shudders in different orientations, one can experience light and darkness without being able to view the light source - only the light. Light is filtered through six identical modules each

orientated in a different direction. The module pulls light down a shaft and reflects it on a surface. The six enlighted surfaces establish the inner walls of the piano chamber. In a building scale the light piano is a pavillion or a hideout. You cannot view out and nobody can see you inside. The horisontal light shafts function as entrance. Due to the light pianos small size it is easily transportable. The light conditions in variated places can be investigated.

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B y r e c o r d i n g a light performance and tracing what shutters are opened w h e r e a n d f o r h o w l o n g , t h e performance can be written down in a note system and be p l a y e d a g a i n .

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T h e s c a l e 1 : 5 modell is in itself a functional/operational light mashine. Th e d i ff e r e n c e f r o m t h e b u i l ding scale piano is t hat this one is not possible to enter but t h e p e r f o r m a n c e i s v i e wed through holes a s well as it’s manouvered from the outsi d e .

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Se c t i o n 1 : 5 0 . A hideout? The horisontal light shafts also function as entrance . I n t h a t w a y yo u c a n n o t e n t e r without letting light in. You cannot enter unnoticed.

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T h e L i g h t P i ano was made durring Ly s m a s k i n e workshop b y To r b e n N i elsen 2008 I n s t i t u t I A r c hitecture & Esthetic