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Thomas Wilfred: Clavilux and Lumia Home Models - by Christine Burgin & Andrew Lampert (Hardcover)

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  • Wilfred's pioneering and strangely prescient musical instrument predates television, video art and psychedeliaInventor, designer, artist and musician Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968) devoted his life to the creation of a new art form--"Lumia," or the art of light.
  • Author(s): Christine Burgin & Andrew Lampert
  • 80 Pages
  • Art, Individual Artists

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Wilfred's pioneering and strangely prescient musical instrument predates television, video art and psychedelia

Inventor, designer, artist and musician Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968) devoted his life to the creation of a new art form--"Lumia," or the art of light. He invented his own version of a color organ (a term he disliked) and dubbed it the Clavilux, from the Latin meaning "light played by key." After a successful international tour in the 1920s, Wilfred reinvented these large-scale performances as self-enclosed light shows for domestic entertainment. While they enjoyed a short commercial life, Wilfred's aesthetically elegant and interactive Clavilux and Lumia home models soon found their way into storied collections. His work was included in the Museum of Modern Art's 1952 exhibition 15 Americans, where it was seen by many artists who would work with light as their medium in the 1960s and '70s.
Clavilux and Lumia Home Models presents a stimulating collection of archival material culled from the Wilfred archive at Yale University and other sources, including Wilfred's never-before-published sketches.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.1 Inches (H) x 4.8 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)
Weight: .35 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Individual Artists
Genre: Art
Number of Pages: 80
Publisher: Christine Burgin/Further Reading
Theme: Monographs
Format: Hardcover
Author: Christine Burgin & Andrew Lampert
Language: English
Street Date: April 29, 2025
TCIN: 1000552512
UPC: 9780997645637
Item Number (DPCI): 247-02-6366
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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