Project
[07] The Color of the Invisible
2024
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Wind is an invisible element of nature, and this work seeks to usher it into the exhibition space through a subtle visual strategy. Using an RGB lighting system composed of red, green, and blue LED tubes, the installation attempts to recreate the quality of everyday indoor light in a tangible, physical form. Yet the spectral output of RGB LEDs cannot be fully absorbed by the human visual system; we perceive each color channel as distinct even while sensing their blended atmosphere as a whole.
Real-time outdoor wind-speed data—captured via Arduino and an anemometer—is continuously mapped to the RGB values, rendering a shifting rainbow palette that visualizes the wind’s movement. Thus, the unseen wind materializes in color, and viewers experience its presence through this enchanting interplay of light.
Immersed in the piece, we seem to occupy both the real and the illusory: a subtle contradiction arises between what the eye sees and the overall spatial ambience. The audience does not merely witness wind; they are enveloped in a dreamlike “chromatic wind.” The work probes the limits of perception while offering an innovative fusion of nature and technology, inviting us to re-perceive everyday phenomena that ordinarily elude sight.
风是一种原本无形的自然元素，作品尝试通过以一种巧妙的视觉形式将其带入展览空间。
通过红、绿、蓝（RGB）三原色的LED灯管构成的灯光系统，作品试图在物理上再现类似日常室内光的视觉效果。然而，由于RGB灯管发出的光谱无法完全融入人眼的视觉感知中，我们在观感上只能察觉各色光线独立存在，却又同时感受到它们混合后整体氛围的变化。
项目将室外风速动态数据，通过Arduino和风速传感器实时捕捉，转换成RGB灯光颜色配比的变化，以彩虹色谱为基础，不断呈现出流动、变化的视觉状态。因此，原本看不见的风以颜色的形式得以视觉化地进入空间，观众在这种奇妙的体验中，感受到风的存在。 处于其中，我们似乎同时身处真实与虚幻之间：眼睛所见与空间整体感受之间产生了一种微妙的矛盾。观众不仅仅是看见风，而是沉浸于一种虚幻的“风的色彩”之中。
作品既是对感官局限性的探索，也是对自然与科技交融的一种创新表达，邀请我们重新感知那些本不可见的日常景观。