Total Running Time, Beall Center for Art + Technology, UC Irvine, September 30, 2023 - January 13, 2024
On the rightmost wall from the entrance is a niche built into the gallery wall, which recedes 4 inches deep and is 19.5 inches tall and 26 inches wide. Perched within the niche are two contained light units at 45 inches high. The units are housed with factory fluorescent tube light sources that generically shine cold. The light source on the left has been manipulated.
This unit has been prepared to mitigate the cool light with a polyester film and diffusion, creating a daylight effect, hence the title “Day for Night.”
This light unit emits a bright amber glow that resembles dawn’s warmer orange light. It runs 24 hours daily. The second, cool light periodically accompanies the warm light throughout the day that sits next to it, on the right. This lightbox maintains the original cool hue and periodically runs for 15 minutes at the tail of every hour during gallery hours. The tubular light sources for both units are covered by a thin translucent material that allows light through but obfuscates the light bulbs themselves. Each unit is built with two 5,000 Kelvin bulbs, regulated by security timers to correspond with a 24-hour day cycle. The light sources are initially designed for people with seasonal affective disorder symptoms and/or low-level access to outdoor light. A warning is provided for anyone with photosensitivity.
[Warm light]
12:00am - 01:00am Warm light on
01:00am - 02:00am Warm light on
02:00am - 03:00am Warm light on
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10:00am - 11:00am Warm light on
11:00am - 12:00pm Warm light on
12:00pm - 01:00pm Warm light on
01:00pm - 02:00pm Warm light on
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10:00pm - 11:00pm Warm light on
11:00pm - 12:00am Warm light on
[Cool light]
12:44am - 01:00am Cool light on; off
01:44am - 02:00am Cool light on; off
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10:44am - 11:00am Cool light on; off
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12:44pm - 01:00pm Cool light on; off
01:44pm - 02:00pm Cool light on; off
02:44pm - 03:00pm Cool light on; off
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07:44pm - 08:00pm Cool light on; off
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