Falling Light by Troika is an installation that will be available to view at the V&A;’s British Design exhibition opening on 31st March.
50 ceiling suspended mechanical devices each incorporating a custom cut Swarovski crystal optical lens, a computer programmed motor and a white LED, comprise TROIKA’s installation ‘Falling Light’.
The white-painted metal armatures rise in syncopation by rotating cam before gravity releases them earthward, activating the LED to move away, closer to the crystal lens. The lens acts as a prism, transforming through diffraction, the LED’s white light into a rainbow myriad, in turn creating the rhythmical ebb and flow of the floor-strewn droplets.
I always like how technology plays a part in Troika’s work, but it’s as a medium, not as the content. Words don’t do it justice – Seb describes it best in this video.