Lazlo's Shadow (After LSM)

Lazlo’s Shadow (after LSM) is a two-channel 3D animation involving the virtual re-creation of Lazlo Maholy-Nagy’s Light Space Modulator. Created originally in 1930, the LSM embodied Lazlo’s belief in the utilization of machines in the creation of art to be part of the zeitgeist of the 20th Century. Lazlo’s Shadow (after LSM) utilizes the abilities of 3D computer graphics to re-create and re-structure the presentation of the original LSM while accurately presenting a virtual cast of shadow and light in a physical space. This piece
embodies the re-relevance of Bauhaus in the context of virtual imaging, which has re-conceptualized the relation of technology to culture and the relativity of representation and reality. This has been the first big paradigm shift since the Bauhaus, making the Bauhaus visioning of the relation between machines, technology, and culture important to revision.