LevendLichtjeI'm reposting everything from my old Instagram, to keep my archive and have a record of my work's development. I'm adding commentary below the original text.
This is from 2 June 2018
Pixel one, Mycetinis rubra. Lights on. It's one of my favorite lights, both elegant and simple. Simple things are often the most difficult to make.
Still true. Simplicity - or maybe elegant simplicity - is the hardest thing to achieve. An artwork that feels like it could only exist in this exact form, as if there were no other option, as if it were effortless. Those are the best, I think.
It’s much easier to create art that is overloaded with meaning, additions, and options. I get a lot of suggestions for things to add to my lights: flickers, movement, daylight sensors, touch switches, and so on. But finding the right balance when adding new elements is difficult. More often than not, they introduce an extra layer that isn’t needed, taking away from the whole instead of enhancing it - even though you’d expect the opposite.
Less is more, I guess!
LevendLichtje I'm reposting everything from my old Instagram, to keep my archive and have a record of my work's development. I'm adding commentary below the original text.
Show moreThis is from 2 June 2018
Pixel one, Mycetinis rubra. Lights on. It's one of my favorite lights, both elegant and simple. Simple things are often the most difficult to make.
Still true. Simplicity - or maybe elegant simplicity - is the hardest thing to achieve. An artwork that feels like it could only exist in this exact form, as if there were no other option, as if it were effortless. Those are the best, I think.
It’s much easier to create art that is overloaded with meaning, additions, and options. I get a lot of suggestions for things to add to my lights: flickers, movement, daylight sensors, touch switches, and so on. But finding the right balance when adding new elements is difficult. More often than not, they introduce an extra layer that isn’t needed, taking away from the whole instead of enhancing it - even though you’d expect the opposite.
Less is more, I guess!
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