RGB limited edition journal

As a brief I was asked to create a limited edition journal around the subject of RGB. My research lead me into quite a scientific and experimental pathway. I took concepts, experiments and
processes and translated them into visual responses that allowed me to further explore the effects of light and how it can be manipulated.

The journal contains 4 numbered articles, each exploring a different aspect of light. Alongside the articles a key explained each process relevant to the number.



The first article, titled bird in the cage, played on the use of after image to complete the words. If you stare at a red shape/letter on a white background for 20 seconds and then blink while looking at a white surface a blue 'afterimage' appears, very similar to what happens when you stare at a bright light. Using this after image process each word is completed. The final phrase that is read is - The Only Thing Worse Than Being Blind Is Having Sight But No Vision.




Article 2, titled The Colour Of Light, was an experiment using red, green and blue light to document the effect of different variations. I created 3d text from paper to enable shadows to utilize the light being cast.



Article 3, titled invisible screen, I used a slide projector and a piece of dowel. By focusing the slide on a screen, then removing the screen a focus point is created. By rapidly waving a piece of dowel at that focus point a crisp image can be seen, effectively creating a floating image. The image can be viewed due to the frequency of the moving stick, it is so fast that our eyes perceive the stick to be covering a large area when really it can only be in one place at a time.






And finally Article 4, titled Don't Believe Everything You See, I experimented with a magnifying lense. At certain distances and focal points a magnifying lense will flip what you are viewing through it. I used this process to manipulate the text on the page so that it became legible.

james x