Sharp Sharp

Two interesting fibre optic installations have been on show in London recently: a recreation of the Tree of Souls from the Avatar movie at Hyde Park Corner, and United Visual Artists’ mesmerising Speed of Light at the Bargehouse, Oxo Tower.

The Tree of Souls was less than impressive on a grey afternoon, though the attendant told me all about how amazing it looked at night. And apparently if you have an iPhone you can interact with the tree and its miles of fibre optics, but not too surprisingly, my four year old Motorola just wasn’t compatible.

UVA had the foresight to install Speed of Light in a dark building, so daylight wasn’t an issue. Lasers, microphones, mirrors, smoke and speakers were combined in precise and ingenious ways to trace shapes, forms and sounds out in the dark.

And the winner? Sorry, Avatar, but Speed of Light wins hands down.

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