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| | EMERALD LASER LAWN, Ft Lauderdale FL. Scanning laser patterns are projected onto an urban park lawn at a very low angle creating dynamic undulating surfaces simulating growing fiber optic displays and green fire effects. Hidden sensors randomly trigger 12 different sequences and patterns lasting 5-7 minutes each. The 3 emerald green lasers and sensors are permanently mounted under a standard park bench. |
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| | Lasers moving through the grass allow us to experience in a new way something that is ubiquitous in the American Landscape- Lawn. Turf or sod is the largest irrigated crop in the United States.. It is everywhere. Illuminating the lawn with coherent radiation, allows us to re-see with new eyes what is normal and all around us. Moving light simulates (and stimulates) the growth of the lawn, the flooding of the fields, the sparkle of the dew on the grass. The kinetic patterns on the lawn animate the grass for people to explore and play with the light. |
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| | 2 kids playing in Emerald Laser Lawn |
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| | This permanent project was commissioned for Broward County's Public Art Program's 30th Anniversary in July of 2005 and the project opened in January 07. Dan's started pushing the limits of lasers as an art medium in 1997 when he recieved a commisison from the King County Arts Commission and continues today to explore new ways to harness coherent light. |
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| | Special Thanks to Nth Degree Creative for the Laser Fabrication. photo © Bill Sanders |
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| | Check out this Quicktime Movie of the Emerald Laser Lawn. -May take upto 23 seconds to load. |
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