Sunwork
The small sunbox was reconceived as a large scale installation. By turing the sunbox upside down and adding an oculus the project could function as a public clock/calendar. Light could fall through the roof occulus and pass back out through an aperature casting a beam on shadowed ground. Each element of the constructed assembly was solely generated by sun geometry.
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNBOXLI.jpg)
Sunbox as public projector of time/light
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNBOXSO.jpg)
translation from solid to thick lattice construction
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DIAGRAMF.jpg)
Fins grow as needed to occlude light and create virtual openings
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNWORK8.jpg)
constructed sun aperture
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNWORKI.jpg)
from inside the installation
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNWORK5.jpg)
From some angles the construction is transparent
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNWORKE.jpg)
From other views the density of elements becomes apparent
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNWORK3.jpg)
Fired earthenware markers register light and time
![](https://www.chrisbardt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SUNBOX_marker_39.jpg)