{"id":12950,"date":"2025-07-29T10:34:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/reuben-wu-draws-aerial-laser-geometries-across-remote-landscapes-for-thin-places-series\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:34:59","slug":"reuben-wu-draws-aerial-laser-geometries-across-remote-landscapes-for-thin-places-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/reuben-wu-draws-aerial-laser-geometries-across-remote-landscapes-for-thin-places-series\/","title":{"rendered":"reuben wu draws aerial laser geometries across remote landscapes for \u2018thin places\u2019 series"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">reuben wu turns synthetic light into a sculptural language<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Multidisciplinary visual artist, photographer, and director <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/reuben-wu\/\">Reuben Wu<\/a><\/strong> inscribes light onto remote natural environments through experimental photographic interventions in his latest series, Thin Places. Known for his haunting aerial compositions using drones, lasers, and long exposures, the artist has developed a unique visual language that brings photography, design, and speculative technology together. In Thin Places, Wu frames landscapes where artificial light and natural terrain seem to meet halfway. The images are captured entirely on-site, in single exposures, using drones and lasers to trace fleeting geometries into the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One standout work from the series, Surface Tension, was photographed at a remote salt lake under a moonless sky. Using a custom aerial laser swept just above the water\u2019s surface, Wu renders a floating curtain of light, revealing crystalline salt structures caught between the stars above and their reflections below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>all images by Reuben Wu<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Thin Places builds on the foundation of SIREN series<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s title, Thin Places, references a Celtic notion of geographical thresholds, spaces where the boundary between the physical and the spiritual dissolves. Wu interprets this concept through interventions with light, shaping fields of perception without altering the land.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thin Places follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/reubenwu.com\/\"><strong>Chicago-based artist\u2019s<\/strong> <\/a>earlier series SIREN, a triptych made in August 2024 on the shores of Lake Michigan, which marked a turning point in his approach. There, vertical shafts of drone light play against the presence of an unexpected aurora. These early works laid the groundwork for the more atmospheric and spatially abstract compositions in Thin Places, where light becomes a sculptural medium.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wu uses a 102MP Fujifilm GFX100RF medium format system and manually guided lighting technologies in his process, which remains entirely analog in execution, and creates each image in-camera. The work doesn\u2019t follow the usual approach when it comes to landscape photography, as it doesn\u2019t rely on post-production or compositing. The resulting photographs depend on timing, endurance, and precision and feel like documentation of extraterrestrial phenomena \u2014 yet they are rooted in this world, shaped by the unpredictable conditions of wind, terrain, and moonlight.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Reuben Wu inscribes light onto remote natural environments in his latest series, Thin Places<\/p>\n<p>the visual artist is known for his haunting aerial compositions<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>Wu frames landscapes where artificial light and natural terrain seem to meet halfway<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>Thin Places follows the Chicago-based artist\u2019s earlier series SIREN<\/p>\n<p>vertical shafts of drone light play against the presence of an unexpected aurora<\/p>\n<p>Wu uses a 102MP Fujifilm GFX100RF medium format system<\/p>\n<p>the work doesn\u2019t rely on post-production or compositing<\/p>\n<p>shaping fields of perception without altering the land<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>the project\u2019s title, Thin Places, references a Celtic notion of geographical thresholds<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong> Thin Places, SIREN<\/p>\n<p><strong>photographer:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/reubenwu.com\/\">Reuben Wu<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reuben\">@reuben<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/reuben-wu-aerial-laser-geometries-remote-landscapes-thin-places-series-07-29-2025\/\">reuben wu draws aerial laser geometries across remote landscapes for \u2018thin places\u2019 series<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>reuben wu turns synthetic light into a sculptural language \u00a0 Multidisciplinary visual artist, photographer, and director Reuben Wu inscribes light onto remote natural environments through experimental photographic interventions in his latest series, Thin Places. 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