Blog Post #1: Balls of Light

I went to Spectrum shopping center yesterday and there are so many random light installations and elements that add to make your shopping experience unique and interesting. In this particular installation, it's on the side of a building and there are panels of black screens with little balls of white light that bounce around inside the box. As I observed others moving around in front of it, it seems that there is some sort of motion sensor that captures the mover and allows for the balls of light to move according to the person's movement. My friend took this opportunity to do some dance improvisation in front of the screens and it was interesting to see how the balls of light reacted to the ways he would move. We walked past this wall a couple times, first in the daylight and again when it was dark. It was interesting to see how the natural light affected the way we experienced the lights on the wall/projection. In the daytime, it's less noticeable because the way the natural light reflects off the wall, but once the sun went away, the lights on the screen popped out more and drew the attention of more people around it.