SOFTlab’s POLYP.lux Installation

Sea creature-like light installation is as intriguing as it is beguiling...

James Davidson • 13 June, 2011

At the tail end of last year we featured (n)arcissus – another, equally organic, light-based installation – from New York studio SOFTlab. They’ve been at it again, plunging the weird and wonderful creatures at the depths of the darkest oceans, for beautiful yet disturbing inspirations; POLYP.lux is an intriguing installation, in which 1400 battery powered LEDs adorn the surface of a looming, organism-like composition. Produced to cloak and illuminate the entrance to School Nite – an exhibition curated by Nuit Blanche New York as part of Flash:Light 2011 along with the New Museum sponsored Festival of Ideas – SOFTlab’s expressive piece confirms our opinion that they’re one of the most exciting talents in New York right now…

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