Sunbox

This multi year study began as a simple question. Could light falling through the thickness of a constructed opening be the genesis of a wall with calibrated  aperatures corresponding to times of day and the seasons? A simple “sunbox” of calibrated openings unwittingly  became a kind of camera capturing the daily sweep of light over the course of a year.

the relation between sunlight and each unique calibrated opening (5 minutes of sunlight)

relationship between openings and time of day and seasons

Original sunbox with openings

south wall of sunbox

lightfall onto floor of sunbox

one day record of sunlight (near winter solstice)

one day record of sunlight (near equinox)

one day record of sunlight (near summer solstice)