Jim Campbell

LED magic!

I just came across the website of this artist, and it reminded me how simple things can be so good.

Born in 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, New Media installation artist Jim Campbell got a
B.S.(chuckle, chuckle!) in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from MIT in 1978. He has exhibited all over the world, but is based in the Bay Area. In my mind, he is most famous for his LED videos-- it looks like a video of a man walking but when you get up close, you realize the effect is produced by a grid of LED lights that grow dimmer and brighter-- the pulsating light tricks the eye into seeing a man, walking on snow...

check out his site >