final installation

The origami colored mirrors came out a lot more beautiful than I expected, though it was derived and transformed from my unsuccessful initial version. I did some more final testing on installing my work to fully captures the strong sunlight at noon, and the flaming light effects came out spectacular.

However, I still had a feeling that the the installation was still quite problematic. Although the light reflection was stunning, not all was reflecting, especially the ones that were hung against the sunlight or facing backward (the ones with colors of red, yellow, and dark blue). In other words, there was no consistency in the reflection as some were too strong and overpowering whilst some others were too subtle, almost fading if seeing closely. Furthermore, as the papers were hung in the arching path, looking like hammocks, it was very difficult to tie on at the right angle as all nine mirrors combined are too heavy to lift up at once.

Also, this caused a disruptive obstacle on the bridge, especially for the visually impaired that they need the handrail of the bridge to hold on, as this might trip them up.

Draft final mockup - completed installation in different colors hung as hammocks on site, recorded from 11am to 1pm.

Nevertheless, what was even more surprising was that when I untied my installation down lying flat on the bridge when the sun was still strong across the site, the light reflection of the mirror actually covered up the entire bridge side elevation, which seemed to be even dramatically brighter and more effective than the previous one.

Also, this approach happened to be a lot easier, more simple, and less timeconsuming since I don’t have to estimate and hang with the strings in the right length and angle. Hence, I decided to stick with it by just laying the whole long sheet of color mirrors flat on the ground.

Final completed work laying flat, recorded from 10am to 1pm.