Description
Luxopolis is a mixed-media light sculpture re-purposed from previous playa installations and consists of a perforated stainless steel, copper, aluminum, wood, acrylic, and electronics.
The principle visual element is a 625-point LED grid running a mathematical algorithm that depicts Conway's Game of Life, a prime example of cellular automata.
In keeping with this year's Metropolis theme, the main metaphor of the piece is life and death of a populace, where an urban population cannot grow beyond some finite upper limit.
From a random initial pattern of living cells on the grid, observers will find the population constantly changing as the generations tick by.
4'W x 4'L x 6'H
< 1 amp @ 120VAC
No Flame Effects
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Luxopolis
presented at San Francisco Decompression October 2010
