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.
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNBOX_wall-diagram_2.jpg)
the relation between sunlight and each unique calibrated opening (5 minutes of sunlight)
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DIAGRAM6.jpg)
relationship between openings and time of day and seasons
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNBOX_5.jpg)
Original sunbox with openings
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNBOXS2.jpg)
south wall of sunbox
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNBOX_4.jpg)
lightfall onto floor of sunbox
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SEPIA_12.jpg)
one day record of sunlight (near winter solstice)
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNBOX_diagram_18.jpg)
one day record of sunlight (near equinox)
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SEPIA_7.jpg)