In 2001, Cameron submitted a proposal to St. Louis Arts in Transit. He was vetted through the entire process, was awarded finalist design fee, and was ultimately selected. Unfortunately, St. Louis AIT suffered budgetary cutbacks that eventually killed the project.

The Interactive Chandelier is a dynamic concept in search of a home. The sculpture would be best in an envronment that has an ebb and flow of pedestrian traffic to drive the interactivity and give the chandelier life. For more information about this project:

contact Cam at dsap@artapult.com

Original Artist's Vision Statement

My interest is in the 8th and Pine MetroLink Station. In viewing the station I envision a hand-blown glass chandelier suspended from the ceiling, centered over the two escalators.

The chandelier will be in the shape of an icosahedron with glass globes mounted on the twelve vertices (corners). Twelve optical sensors will be placed round the station so that commuters going through the station will trigger the individual glass lamps. As the commuter traffic increases the light activity within the chandelier will respond. Twelve sound sensors, also placed within the station, will control the intensity of the individual lights within the chandelier. More traffic, more lights; the louder the crowd, the greater the intensity of the lights.

 

 

I envision the interaction of the commuters with the chandelier: finding out where the sensors are, having fellow commuters working together to create different light patterns.
The lights from the chandelier would appear to be creating a random pattern within itself; these patterns would actually be an integrated blend of the station commuters. From the viewpoint of an observer, the chandelier and the station’s commuters would be in harmonious balance, becoming one piece of art. In a sense the 8th and Pine MetroLink Station would become a giant neuron, giving and receiving information at the same time.  

The frame of the chandelier will be constructed of welded stainless steel tubing with collars at the vertices to lock the glass globes in place. Each globe radiates from the center of the icosahedron.  A cluster of twelve halogen spotlights is the center of activity within the chandelier; each of its twelve lenses aims out toward a corresponding glass globe. As a sensor is triggered its corresponding lamp will respond. The glass globes will be made of hand blown glass consisting of two parts:  a tetrahedral orb nestled in a pentagonal dish. The color will be applied as opaque cane pattern. This technique will enable a great variety of color and shading within the individual globes as it becomes illuminated.