Mississippi Children’s Museum, Jackson MS, USA
The Lightning Benches takes us on a sensorial journey into the heart of an electrical storm. Each bench is portrayed as a bolt of lightning that strikes the ground with fractured yet symmetrical geometry. Each piece is made of translucent resin in luminous shades of blue. Below the surface of each bench is a hidden network of sensors that detects the electrical charges within the human body. As the electricity inside our body is sensed, the benches responds with a visual display of flickering light. When the body interacts with the surface, it is followed by a trail if light that delights the senses and sparks the imagination.
The Lightning Benches was commissioned by the Mississippi Children’s Museum. This project was inspired by a child’s ability to turn a functional world into an imaginative journey.
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