Infinite Wave Instalasi Cahaya by Chao Lin Cheng

Infinite Wave Instalasi Cahaya by Chao Lin Cheng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Perunggu in Proyék Pencahayaan Competition Category.

PerungguProyék Pencahayaan· 2025

Infinite Wave Instalasi Cahaya

by Chao Lin Cheng

Client: Yuejin Art Museum & Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Proyék Pencahayaan Category

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The Design

About Infinite Wave Instalasi Cahaya

Infinite Wave mangrupaké desain anu ngawujudkeun aliran cai jeung variasi waktu di Palabuhan Yuejin, Tainan, Taiwan. Instalasi ieu némbongkeun rupa-rupa penampilan nalika beurang robah jadi peuting, dimana cahaya jieunan jeung cahaya alam papanggih, nungtun panempo pikeun ngarasa parobahan dina rohangan jeung waktu. Bari cahaya bulan lalaunan muncul, sinar layung anu ngingetkeun kana getih ngarambat kana karya seni, ngajadikeun kontorna beuki jelas. Dina tengah peuting, nalika cahaya jieunan nyebar ka sakuliah instalasi, gelombang cahaya multidimensi ngahiji deui dina rohangan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Infinite Wave Instalasi Cahaya mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perunggu, pangakuan anu pohara bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain unggul anu dicirikeun ku kréativitas, kacerdikan jeung kawaspadaan. Para juara Perunggu téh artéfak anu lobaan kaahlian jeung kréatif pisan anu ngabuktikeun pangalaman anu lega, imajinasi jeung kacerdasan para désainerna. Infinite Wave Instalasi Cahaya diharepkeun jadi objék anu dihargaan, dikagumi jeung dipikanyaah anu profésional jeung inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perunggu ieu ngalebetkeun prakték pangalusna dina seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi, sarta unggul dina perhatian kana détail. Infinite Wave Instalasi Cahaya minuhan kabutuhan kalayan éndah, nyentuh kahayang, nyenangkeun rasa, jeung narik rasa panasaran.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Infinite Wave takes on different appearances as day transitions into night, where artificial and natural light interact, guiding viewers to perceive the changes in space and time. As moonlight slowly emerges, crimson rays reminiscent of blood gradually permeate the entire installation, sharpening its contours from blur to clarity. By the dead of night, as artificial light spreads across the installation, multidimensional light waves intertwine once again in space.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 4,000mm x Depth 4,200mm x Height 2,500mm
Tags: Pavilion, Sculpture, Optical Fibers, Interactive Art, Lighting Installation, Art Installation
Production Technology: This artwork is produced through computational design tools, laser cutting machines, and optical fibers materials.
Design Challenge: In this project, artist Cheng Chao Lin uses the optical fibers as the main structure. For the first time, the light becomes attachable in the pavilion, creating the expression of lighting as well as connecting the whole structure. Based on the geometric research, three-dimensional laser cutting technology is used to determine the orientation of each metal unit, ensuring precise angles and locations before the units are accurately assembled.
Research: The Infinite Wave is a lighting installation based on the Mobius strip folding structure. It focuses on visual changes in topology and explores the interactions between lines, surfaces, and volumes. The installation utilizes lines to maximize visual impact, and uses computational tools to calculate and assemble the structure. In addition, the design also seeks to further integrate the manufacturing technology in Taiwan by building a connection between art and local industry.
Inspiration: The shape of Infinite Wave concretes the flows of water and the variation of time in the Yuejin Port of Tainan, Taiwan. The lighting installation is crafted from interwoven optical fibers, transforming light from a physical phenomenon into a tangible structure. In the artwork, light serves simultaneously as a medium for recording time and as building material. Each optical fiber, varying in length, delineates the diffusion range of light and captures its trajectory through inherent vectors.
Project Duration: The artwork was exhibited from January 2024 to March 2024 in Tainan, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: In the depths of the night, red beams of light traverse the void, resembling a guiding light slowly revealing the transformation of the earth. As wanders immerse themselves in this infinite geometric illusion, multidimensional light waves intertwine in space, guiding them in countless directions while simultaneously causing them to gradually lose their way. Through continuous exploration, consciousness will eventually return from blur to clarity.
Team Members: Chao Lin Cheng
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer FIXER Photographic Studio, 2024
Image #2: Photographer FIXER Photographic Studio, 2024
Image #3: Photographer FIXER Photographic Studio, 2024
Image #4: Photographer FIXER Photographic Studio, 2024
Image #5: Photographer FIXER Photographic Studio, 2024
Video Credits: Chao Lin Cheng