David Henrich’s light cubes are a small but perfectly formed fusion of geometric and organic elements constructed, in Henrichs terms, from ‘solid matter and ephemeral light’. On a technical level this translates as thin sheets of steel that are laser cut and then folded with the light emanating from an energy saving bulb within.
Which is all very impressive - but not what first strikes you about his work. What first strikes you is the way that Henrichs has taken some of the World’s most awe-inspiring features and seemingly popped them, almost undisturbed, into boxes where they continue to fill the…
David Henrich’s light cubes are a small but perfectly formed fusion of geometric and organic elements constructed, in Henrichs terms, from ‘solid matter and ephemeral light’. On a technical level this translates as thin sheets of steel that are laser cut and then folded with the light emanating from an energy saving bulb within.
Which is all very impressive - but not what first strikes you about his work. What first strikes you is the way that Henrichs has taken some of the World’s most awe-inspiring features and seemingly popped them, almost undisturbed, into boxes where they continue to fill the observer with wonderment. Thus, we have a brilliant flash of lightning captured at its brightest and the Ganges delta at its most expansive with all its myriad contributories. It’s a clever idea, and one, which is executed brilliantly.
It’s not just natural phenomena that have caught Henrichs’ eye. Also translated into cube form is the staggering beauty of the famous Nasca Hummingbird, a huge ceremonial path carved into the Peruvian desert centuries ago. Only rediscovered with the advent of aerial photography, this new perspective on an ancient work of art has now been given a further twist with its incorporation into one of David Henrichs’ light cubes. The Nasca Indians would definitely have approved. David Henrichs studied in New York, Hamburg and London. He has recently graduated from Goldsmith’s College, London and these light cubes are his most recent work.