Anthony McCall’s You and I, Horizontal is a stunning if very simple installation at the NTT ICC in Tokyo: a single projection of a slowly changing line is transformed into a space of light. The projected light is enhanced by a fog machine in a darkened room so that the shaft of light can be experienced as an interior space. You can see from the video how bodies enter and leave the space by walking through the veils of the projection, breaking their continuity. It’s a moving experience. From the catalogue description:
Entering the space, the viewer faces a seemingly immaterial and yet three-dimensional body of light, realized by projecting light onto a delicate mist. On the wall a line extends so slowly that it is almost imperceptible to the eye. The immaterial 3D sculpture gradually changes form and scope. By passing through, inside and outside of the almost-tactile light “membrane”, you become receptive to a new perceptual experience, influencing the work’s sculptural aspects and scope. This work is the realization of an early 70s experimental installation using the technology of today.