Lenticular Sunrise is a riff of the GIF in sculptural form, showcasing the endless loop of the rising sun. Represented by an LED pixel array, the sun is programmed to cycle through a defined sequence of animations, a curated collection of GIFs extracted from the GIPHY database that are then transformed into light.
Typically a lenticular lens is used to animate still images that move depending on the viewing angle, creating an analog GIF. In Lenticular Sunrise, the array of cylindrical ridges are used to magnify the light behind it, emphasizing the individual pixels of the GIF and creating a multiplicity of animated images as a viewer engages with the piece.