Antiprisms (The Shape of Light)

Antiprisms by Shuster + Moseley are precision-cut, hand-bonded optical glass sculptures presented in Dubai's public realm. These prismic forms, inspired by irregular polyhedra, interact with natural light to create dynamic spectral projections, inviting reflection on the timeless interplay between geometry and light.

ANTIPRISMs (The shape of light)

Precision-cut, bevelled and hand-bonded optical glass and low-iron glass, steel base. 2021
Varying dimensions

'Antiprisms' are constructed from panels of clear and optically coated glass. The prismic forms are irregular polyhedra — Snub Disphenoid, Developed Trigonal Prism, Tetrakaidecadeltahedron — created by beveling precise angles into the sides and corners of equilateral triangles, which are then hand-bonded together. Presenting as future relics of our technological age, each work is encountered as a prognostic optical instrument: discovered resting in a landscape, structuring reflection on the relationship between the timeless and the timely.

Specially created and presented for 'The Shape of Light' in the public realm (D3, Dubai) to investigate the spectral fingerprint produced by interfacing the passage of natural light with these prismic geometries. The project considered the relationship between the immutable language of geometric form and the dynamic, generative clockwork of optical interactions and spectral projections that shift and morph through day and night.