VESTIGE

Client

Leicester Centre of Performing Arts

Location

Leicester

Year

2008

Vestige inhabits the theatre’s three main entrance vestibules. The artwork is a light based piece that projects narrow spots of colour changing light within the 3m cubed glass ‘portals’ to create a low resolution display.

Each vestibule scans passers-by to capture their silhouette and replays this as a shadow that echoes behind them. The frequency of people passing is monitored and this value sets the colour of the space. The artwork is also linked to the theatre show times with a red colour to indicate a ‘five minutes to curtain up’ and green to indicate the exit at the end of the show. The artwork explores the boundary across which people enter and exit the theatre and aims to create an auxiliary stage-space outside the theatre, showcasing the everyday performance of human movement.