Light in Motion, Acrylicize at The Art House

Light in Motion boasts a couple of firsts: it is the inaugural exhibition of this year's London Design Festival for the art studio Acrylicize, which is sited at The Art House, the newest addition to the Shoreditch Design Triangle.

Light is its theme, both as a medium and as a subject, providing the inspiration for the 12 independent designers, artists and engineers whose work the exhibition showcases. Harnessing contemporary materials and cutting edge technologies the artists seek to convey ideas about light, space, time, movement and perception. Light is thrown around the space, reflected or emitted, used to clarify or distort.

Among the works featured are Falling Light, by Will Laslett (pictured top), a kinetic art work inspired by sunlight falling through the foliage of trees, and Cosmobloom, by Heyl Van Dam, a handmade kinetic sculpture that responds interactively to its audience, reflecting light and colour as it alternates between closed and open.

Cosmobloom by Heyl Van Dam

Also on show are Relative Distance's Phase, billed as a longform timepiece and lunar light, which synchronises with the waxing and waning of the moon in the night sky in real time; and Sea of Segments, by Will Muir Llia, a wall-mounted piece showing water cascading across seven-segment displays.

These are just some of the exhibits in this intriguing Light in Motion show. Full list of exhibits and relevant info here
Full programme of the 2024 London Design Festival here