Lab[au] - Laboratory for Architecture and Urbanism - created the f5x5x5 sculpture also known as the "kinetic luminous framework". This installation is part of a larger project of Lab[au]'s that deals with architectural issues of flow, movement, and congestion through spatial sensing technology. As Lab[au] discusses its work:
"The f5x5x5 installation is a programmed luminous and kinetic framework controlled by the infra-red sensing of its surroundings. The development of the 'meta-system' is the conception of a system referring to system art, whereas the use of binary states is referring to the aesthetics and logics of digital technologies. In this merging of spatial constructs with the 'language and techniques of its time' the project finds its base in system art such as cybernetic art and specifically in the work of Nicolas Schöffer."
I am still unclear how f5x5x5 responds to its surroundings or if it is at all interactive. The initial premise of responding to influxes in the environment and dealing with congestion and movement was compelling, but I do not see how these issues were addressed. Abstractly it can be seem as a framework that assists and hinders currents is space. At times it even feels like stop-and-go traffic, but I do not think that is what La[au] intended. And why is it in a church?
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