TRACING LIGHT
Tracing Light explores the most fascinating of natural phenomena – light. The film brings together leading physicists and artists from Scotland, England and Germany on a quest to understand and animate light.
In Tracing Light, science and art join forces to illuminate the mysteries of light. The film brings together leading physicists and artists from Scotland, England and Germany who are on a quest to understand and animate light. As part of a guest residency at the University of Glasgow, artist duo Semiconductor – Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt – work with single-photon avalanche diode cameras, which capture the motion of light as it travels through space. Their collaboration with physicists opens a discussion about the speed of light and the very nature of time. In search of light and colour, land artist Julie Brook takes us to the remote landscapes of Northern Scotland. Meanwhile, during their research at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Light in Erlangen, artist duo Brunner/Ritz are drawn to the institute’s spacious foyer – an architectural space designed as a stage for light’s shifting presence throughout the day. Light is difficult to describe. Tracing Light does not seek to explain, but to evoke. Through its visuals and encounters between artists and scientists, the film opens a contemplative space – one where wonder and sensuality quietly unfold.
