Day for Night - Light Changes, Josephine Sales
A niche is 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.
Access description (ALT)
A gallery room with white walls, white ceiling, and a mottled concrete floor has a rectangular light source embedded in the right-side wall. There are large raised capital letters R, E, S, C, U on the left-side and back walls, and a white rectangular block seating in the center of the room.