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Thin air

In Silvertown last spring you could visit Thin air at The Beams. Just 6 installations spread across the cavernous warehouse space, but three of such a grand scale that it made the trip absolutely worth it.

A cavernous dark warehouse. Several lights can be seen pointed at the floor like spotlights - some red and some white. Several figures can be seen silhouetted in the dark. — 3.24, 2023, by 404.zero
2023/05/28
1/15s at f/2.8, 15mm, ISO 12800, Nikon D850

A photo in a large dark warehouse. The only light is deep red in one section of the warehouse. Several still figures can be seen around. — 3.24, 2023, by 404.zero
2023/05/28
1/15s at f/2.8, 15mm, ISO 110, Nikon D850

3.24, 2023, by 404.zero

3.24, 2023, by 404.zero

A dark scene with a single concrete pillar in the middle left. Six lines of light are evenly spaced vertically either side of the pillar. There’s fog in the room. Cables extend to and from the lines of light - reminiscent of telegraph poles. — Lines, 2023 by Setup designs
2023/05/28
1/15s at f/2.8, 56mm, ISO 6400, Nikon D850

Multicoloured lines of light in a dark room converge to the bottom right. — Lines, 2023 by Setup designs
2023/05/28
1/20s at f/2.8, 70mm, ISO 1400, Nikon D850

In a dark room, facing straight on to two very large reflective panels, each made up of hundreds of lenses or mirrors. — Cyclops Retina: Light Barrier 2.4, 2023, by Kimchi and Chips with Rosa Menkman
2023/05/28
1/6s at f/2.8, 24mm, ISO 100, Nikon D850

A close crop of what looks like a large multi-faceted glass lens or many small mirrors. — Cyclops Retina: Light Barrier 2.4, 2023, by Kimchi and Chips with Rosa Menkman
2023/05/28
1/6s at f/2.8, 24mm, ISO 100, Nikon D850

A photo from a moving light installation. A bright point light is projected on the floor, and wanders randomly around. The floor is covered in a material that glows for a period when exposed to light. The end effect is of random lines of light green and blue drawn all over the ground. — Phosphor, 2017, by Robert Henke
2023/05/28
1/20s at f/2.8, 70mm, ISO 1250, Nikon D850

Red lasers in a dark room form lines that sweep up to a column then down again like threads. — Banshee 2023, by Matthew Schreiber
2023/05/28
1/5s at f/2.8, 20mm, ISO 2800, Nikon D850

Red lasers in a dark room form even horizontal lines going from bottom left to upper right. A figure is silhouetted in front of them. — Banshee 2023, by Matthew Schreiber
2023/05/28
1/5s at f/2.8, 20mm, ISO 2800, Nikon D850

Red lasers in a dark room form lines at regular angles, sweeping a curve to the left. — Banshee 2023, by Matthew Schreiber
2023/05/28
1/8s at f/2.8, 30mm, ISO 720, Nikon D850