Erwin Redl, Crystal Matrix, 2011, In Design Miami, Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
(Image taken from this anti-utopias review )

Erwin Redl: Crystal Matrix

Shown at Ace Gallery In Los Angeles, CA
5514 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036


Erwin Redl is an Austrian artist that has been working within the field of light and sound installation since the early nineties. He actually got an MFA in computer art and was always very interested in visual respresentation of both sound and technology, finding a way to visually map two very illusive things. With his Crystal Matrix exhibit in 2011, he was a part of a design project with Swarovski Crystal Palace to collaborate with them to create and reinterpret the tradition of chandelier making.
Redl interpreted this assignment with his niche in LED work. He put a various array of crystals supplied to him on rotating pedestals, he shone LED lights on them to make them seem as if they were glowing from within, and he also incorporated sound to create an all over sensory engaging experience. He creates these worlds of light and sound in an attempt to engage the viewer completely.
Quoted by Ace Gallery on one of his currents exhibitions, Redl says about his work
“Only corporeal motion and the subsequent discovery of all aspects of the space (visual, corporeal, acoustic, social, etc.) slowly reveal the nature of the piece. Those aspects are highly subjective, based

on private, individual memories of the viewer, yet they are experienced in a communal

setting which leads to often very surprising interactions between strangers during

exhibitions.”
He is working with a fleeting material and medium, light can be affected by anyone that walks by. Just put a hand under or in front of one of his LED's
This artist has made me realize just how important it is to see a show in person, while the pictures may be so alluring, I am sure it is absolutely nothing in comparison to the actual installation.