Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Light and Space: Erase corners and edges so no break between surfaces can be found
- Type
- Set in Light and Space's manner (Finish all wording outside the room and leave no text or marker inside), and let Op Art's lettering (Keep a neutral sans away from the illusion zone) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Light and Space's material (Scrims, resin and built up coatings, with the source itself hidden); bring in exactly one thing from Op Art (Black and white plus exactly one color).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #f4f2ea, #171715, #e34b35.
Where they fight
- Both belong to Geometric Abstraction, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
Caution
- Light and Space Turning the light up to make it noticeable destroys an effect that depends on perceptual thresholds, leaving nothing but a glowing interior.
- Op Art Never let the vibration reach the reading zone. Lower area and contrast on long-viewed screens.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Light and Space (Style, 1960s–) and its accent from Op Art (Style, 1960s–). Structural cues: Objects erased; Rooms filled with light; Thresholds of perception; Apertures to the sky. Accent cues, used sparingly: High contrast; Repeated lines; Optical illusion; Geometric distortion. Composition: Erase corners and edges so no break between surfaces can be found. Type and lettering: Finish all wording outside the room and leave no text or marker inside. Let one material quality come from the second style: Black and white plus exactly one color. Mood: Calm, Futurism, Exhilaration, Technology. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #f4f2ea, #171715, #e34b35. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Light and Space 1960s– / Style / Geometric Abstraction
The Southern California movement that takes light itself, spatial perception and the limits of vision as material. Turrell's openings to the sky and Irwin's scrims make the act of seeing the artwork.
- Op Art 1960s– / Style / Geometric Abstraction
Raises perceptual vibration and depth inside a still image through repeated line, form and value.
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