f5×5×5 by LAb[au]
The f5×5x… sculpture is a kinetic and luminous framework conceived and realised by LAb[au]. In software development, a framework is a methodological tool based on re-usable chunks of code, code libraries or other software pieces to assist, to develop and to glue together the different components of a software project. In regards to the f5×5x… installation the term ‘framework’ refers to the installation’s constituting elements, a raster of fix and kinetic aluminium frames. The installation title indicates the resolution instructing the numbers of modules used such f5×5×1 equal one module up to f5×5×5 equal 5 modules. Further ‘framework’ refers to the multiple operating modes of the installation, from a low resolution display to a generative and interactive sculpture. Consequently the term ‘framework’ can be understood as a way to manage conceptually and technically the sculpture’s sequential operating modes and the rules by which they switch from one mode to another.
The f5×5×5 installation is part of the ‘16n’ project cycle confronting architectural concepts (congestion, flows…) with spatial sensing technologies (electromagnetism, infra-red …) and its constructs (signal propagation, field theories…) …through the means of programmed ‘lumino-kinetic’ devices.