The movement of light is a linear process where time and space meet in dialogue. Any moment reveals frozen movement in time. We have evolved to respond to daily and seasonal change brought about by the movement of the sun, the moon and the stars.

Through the passage of light we track not only the change of day into night but also form and surfaces moving in light. This may be people moving in and out of a beam of light or the sunlight catching on the ripples of a lake. It may be headlights winding through the streets of the city or the fingers of searchlights tracking across the sky.

Artificial light moves. It also promotes movement. This movement does not necessarily imply physical re-direction of light but our ability to vary it thereby changing our perception of space over time.

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