Mark Boot / Focal Point
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 - Tue, 30 Nov 2010
Venue: Phoenix Cube
Focal Point 2007, three screen video installation
Fibonacci Space Capacitors 2007
3D images 2010
DMU Cube
Mon 1 Nov – Tue 30 Nov
Focal Point is a video installation in three parts, each played concurrently and projected onto adjacent walls.
On each screen, you witness the same group of perspex tubes from a static view point. The only changing factor is the movement of a light source, and the subtle and complex modulations of light as it is reflected and refracted through layers of perspex lenses. Light and shadow become physical, often appearing to occupy space and move within it, while the material that controls them becomes ephemeral, and almost invisible.
This body of work began when Mark started making concentric plastic sculptures and noticed they produced 'spherical abherration', the same phenomenon that creates the heart shape of reflected light in the top of a tea-cup. Taking the sculptures into natural light, Mark found that as the sun rose and set the patterns of light and shadow changed, creating slow moving drawings of line and tone through time. This developed into the Focal Point video installation.
The components for the 'Space Capacitors' were arranged to create the perspex 'lightscapes' for the video work, when filming was finished the components were then assembled to make the 'Fibonacci Space Capacitor' sculptures.
The 3D image panels capture the Space Capacitors under very controlled lighting conditions. By focusing on internal spaces, these objects present the viewer with an abstract and interactive 3D visualisation of a space that is ambiguous in both scale and function.
Mark studied Sculpture at De Montfort University. He has shown nationally, and internationally and maintains a studio in Leicester.
This is the first time that Mark's video work and sculptures have been shown alongside Integral 3D images produced through collaborative research with Create-3D.
