Australian designer Flynn Talbot has designed the installation ‘Full Spectrum’ as Australia’s exhibit at this year’s London Design Biennale (4-23 September), which explores the theme of ‘emotional states’.
Responding to the outpouring of love and positive emotion from last year’s Marriage Equality vote and legalisation in Australia, Talbot has created a circular screen of rainbow colours made with 150 hanging fibre optic strands.
“We perceive a spatial awareness 80% through our eyes. I wanted to go further with this installation. I wanted it to be more immersive,” Talbot explains. “It’s very important to me that you’re able to hold the light in your hand and really try to encapsulate what that feeling of love is.”
The structure takes its form from its location – the historic vaulted design of Somerset house – with lighting concealed within the structure so only the luminous strands of colour are shown.
“I hope this installation sends a message to the many other countries where same-sex marriage is not currently legal and that love has the power to heal the world,” says Talbot.
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