Total Running Time, Beall Center for Art + Technology, UC Irvine, September 30, 2023 - January 13, 2024
Day for Night
two prepared 5000 kelvin circadian optic light panels, two security timers, polyester film filters
26" W x 19" H
2023
Day for Night is an expanded cinema work. An artificial window composed of two diffused 5000K circadian light panels—technology typically used to simulate sunlight—are programmed on security timers within an architectural niche. One panel runs continuously, producing an uninterrupted twenty-four-hour day, while the other activates once every hour. Set to simulate daylight through programmable devices, the work invites viewers to encounter sunlight on two different timelines: one constant and totalizing, the other intermittent and rationed.