The Tapestry of Light (21st-Century Apocalypse CLIP)

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Short promotional clip for the MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE in Washington DC featuring the making of this internationally significant artwork by Australian artist, Dr Irene Barberis. 'The Tapestry of Light' is a giant illuminated tapestry, spread across 14 panels, 36 metres long by 3 metres high, made from glowing fibres of threads and light especially constructed, using nanoparticle technology (video by Philippe Charluet) [AI generated subtitles available] #bookofrevelation #tapestry #IreneBarberis #Bible

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00:00With each one of these, so this is the 6 metre tapestry, you will have three sets of lighting

00:12that happens.

00:13The lux, the impact of the natural light and normal everyday type of light.

00:18When the lights go and the ultraviolet comes on, suddenly the drama of the composition

00:24will become intense, the images will begin to change.

00:28And then as that light disappears and there is no light, the whole thing will begin to

00:34radiate with maps and diagrams.

00:37And so your whole reading of the Apocalypse will be figurative into the abstract.

00:44As you read the front, it is figurative.

00:46As you read the back of this tapestry as it hangs in the centre, the back of the tapestry

00:52is abstract and you begin to have texts and associations that you don't have on the figurative

00:58side.

00:59This does look like Scribble, but to me it's not.

01:01I know exactly where everything is.

01:03It's where everything is.

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