In November 2025, we took our structural philosophy out of the studio and into La Empírica in Granada.
The exhibition was not merely a display of static objects. It was a live experiment in spatial definition—a physical manifestation of our obsession with how structure controls light, and how light, in turn, rewrites structure.
At the heart of the gallery stood the axis of the entire show: a custom-built, hand-welded steel tower. Suspended inside its geometric core was a single, kinetic artificial light source - a motorized pulley system attached to a bare bulb, controlled by a programmed Arduino micro-controller.
Mechanically traveling up and down within the steel frame, the bulb acted as an artificial sun caught in a rhythmic, localized loop. As the light moved, the tower projected a mesmerizing, shifting web of geometric shadows across the walls, floor, and ceiling of La Empírica. The physical tower remained completely still, yet the entire environment around it was in a state of constant, fluid evolution.
By altering the source of the light, the tower did more than project its own shadow; it actively animated the other shadow sculptures arranged throughout the room. Pieces that might typically rely on the slow, linear journey of the sun were suddenly subjected to an architectural dance.
The Artifacts of the Animation
The kinetic centerpiece interacted uniquely with each artwork in the space, proving that a three-dimensional sculpture possesses no fixed point of view—its identity changes entirely based on the angle of the light intercepting it.
Here are the primary works that inhabited this shifting landscape:
Spatial Tension and Architectural Weight
- No Exit: This steel tower shadow sculpture stood as a sister piece to the central kinetic tower. A paradoxical loop traps two figures ascending and descending.
- Brutalist: Inspired by the raw, uncompromising planes of mid-century architecture,
- Asterion at the Bauhaus Study: A complex, maze-like exploration of geometry. The moving light source transformed this study into a living labyrinth, casting dynamic lines that mimicked the structural idealism of early avant-garde design.
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| LA EMPÍRICA GALLERY |
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| [Brutalist] [Social Explosion] |
| \ / |
| \ / |
| --> (KINETIC TOWER) <-- |
| / [Moving Arduino] \ |
| / | \ |
| [No Exit] | [Hanging by a Thread] |
| v |
| [Asterion at the Bauhaus] |
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Narrative, Irony, and Human Posture
- Hanging by a Thread: A delicate, high-tension light and shadow sculpture that captured a sense of visceral suspense.
- Free Like a Bird: This diptych wall art split a singular concept across two distinct panels.
- Social Explosion: A chaotic, expressive arrangement of steel bars that mimics the fragmentation of modern communication.
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Words: A typographic metal wall sculpture that comments on eco-cynicism and consumerism.
Redefining the Domestic Space
What the November exhibition at La Empírica proved is that space is not a vacuum. It is an active participant in how we experience art. By introducing structure that intercepts light, a room ceases to be a static containment unit and becomes a changing, architectural canvas.
While the Arduino-driven kinetic tower was an extreme, gallery-scale manifestation of this concept, the underlying philosophy is entirely scalable. When you bring a three-dimensional steel or acrylic piece into your home, you are inviting a micro-version of that Granada exhibition onto your walls.
You don't need a motorized pulley system to animate your space; you simply need to let the natural trajectory of the sun, or the strategic placement of an evening lamp, interact with the physical geometry of the work.
The exhibition has concluded, but the experiment continues. Explore our full archive of structural, shadow-casting artifacts and find the piece that will redefine your space.
Browse the Fine Art Wall Sculpture Collection →
Asterion at the Bauhaus
Hanging by a Thread
Reduce, Reuse, Recycling