Keiko Mukaide
Light of the North Installation at Tate St Ives 2006
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Experiment with the Light Lab
As part of our Super Sunday programme at Tate St Ives, our April event focused on light inspired by Keiko Mukaide’s installation Light of the North. Families explored the idea of mixing light and distorting shapes and colours.
We used three glass jars – each filled with coloured water (blue, red, and yellow). We then used at least two torches to shine through the jars and see what combinations of light fell as reflections against a white card wall.
After experimenting with colours and shapes, families then interpreted their images using crayon and pencil to create fantastic alien landscapes, dreamlike images or imaginative places in far-off lands.
Top tips!
- Glass jars work better than plastic jars – but remember to tightly seal the lid.
- Using one torch is fine but if you can use more than one torch to cross beams of light it gets much more interesting!
- Create a small ‘stage-set’ for your experiment with white card bent at the sides – and turn the lights down for a better effect!
- Try and create green, orange, and purple by shining the torch through more than one jar.
- You could bring in other reflective surfaces like mirrors, prisms, or sunglasses.
- How imaginative can you be with the patterns you create?
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