Daniel Temkin: Light Pattern

Title:

Light Pattern

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Creation Year:

2014 – 2015

Medium:

Programming Language, Installation

Artist Statement:

Light Pattern is a programming language that uses the meta-data from photographs that are taken with an Arduino-controlled camera for source code. In effect, this work writes code in photographs instead of in text-based code such as “GOTO 10”. Variations in the colour and exposure between photographs are interpreted by the computer as commands. When installed in the gallery setting, the Arduino-controlled camera takes a continuous stream of photographs, which builds a perpetual series of new Light Pattern programs. These programs are shown in video form, and stand at the intersection of photography and code.