Lovebox

We noticed that Lightbox seemed to have a strange effect on visitors...so Antony began to keep count of all the displays of love and affection that became apparent inside!

Lightbox Footage

Some interior footage of the Lightbox installation, though sound is unedited/raw and there are low light conditions, these clips give a sense of the experience in spatial terms.



They also demonstrate some of the Camera Obscura effects (imagery & passers-by being inverted in real-time) as viewed through a multitude of refracting lenses.



However the immersive atmosphere inside Lightbox is impossible to fully represent or reproduce on film...!

Lightbox on Radio New Zealand

We were invited to speak on Radio NZ 'Nights' show with Bryan Crump (which took place by muffled cellphones on the roof of a bar at the Lightwave launch after party..!)

A podcast archive of the interview can be heard here.

Lightwave 09 Launch

At the public opening night of Lightwave 09 festival at the Science Gallery, there were often queues to access Lightbox.
It is estimated that almost 17,000 people visited Lightbox as part of the Lightwave 09 public program of events.


Some further Lightwave festival details and exhibition coverage on the Science Gallery youtube channel.

The Build - Day 6

Mounting an embedded flat screen monitor to display real-time auroral data from Antarctica and some final projection display calibration.

Lightbox Press Photo

This representative image, shot inside Lightbox prior to the official Lightwave launch, became a key press photograph.

The Build - Day 5

Mounting a series of fresnel lenses (some pliable), then final light-proofing, before attaching our interior vinyl back projection skin and conducting some depth of field lighting tests.