Virtual Sun No. 001

Virtual Sun No. 001 initiates the ongoing series through the technical reconstruction of sunlight as interior infrastructure. A 5000K LED calibrated to reproduce 98 percent of the visible solar spectrum is focused through a Fresnel lens originally developed for lighthouse systems and later absorbed into screen technologies. The optical arrangement generates the perception of a luminous sphere that shifts with the viewer’s position, alternating between volumetric object, projected surface, and atmospheric field.

The work combines calibrated light engineering, maritime optics, domestic display hardware, and sculptural fabrication within a single apparatus. Mounted on a refurbished television arm and housed in a Meranti wood casing, the artificial sun adopts the operational logic of consumer electronics and spatial management systems. Celestial orientation becomes installable architecture.

The work approaches sunlight as reproducible infrastructure. What historically organized agriculture, navigation, circadian rhythm, and collective temporality reappears as configurable environmental service: electrically maintained, spatially contained, permanently available on demand.

The sun no longer rises. It is deployed.