jonathan foote
	illuminated art

I make small visual experiments as artworks, usually in the form of small illuminated boxes and lamps. For their particular visual properties, most depend on optical effects such as laser speckle, fluorescence, or color contrast. Practically all of them change slowly with time, and have more color saturation and dynamic range than can be captured by most cameras. For these reasons, they are pretty much unphotographable: pictures don't really capture what they actually look like. 

With those warnings,  here are some photos.

Here's a short interview where I explain my work.

• "Device Art," Multimedia Institute mi2, Zagreb, Croatia, September-October, 2006
• "Event Horizon," Transmissions Gallery, Berkeley, July 2006
• "Frankenstein Theory and Robotics," Blasthaus Gallery, San Francisco. June 2006
• The Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA April 2006
• ROBODOCK,  NDSM-Werf, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 2005
• Lotus Girls fundraiser, Cellspace Gallery, San Francisco, July 2005
• "Mothlight,"The Exploratorium, San Francisco, May 2001

I also make things like the color wand, the laser fountain, and the Micro Rhythm Orchestra...