Exploded View (Commuters), 2011, by Jim Campbell. Courtesy Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York and studio of Jim Campbell. © Jim Campbell. Photo: Linda Nylind
From most angles, it looks like a bunch of lights flickering at random. But stand in just the right spot, and you'll perceive moving bodies. Jim Campbell's installation for Light Show - a new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London - is a powerful antidote to the high-tech obsession with performance, the endless competition to pack more megapixels into a smaller screen or sensor. It also provides fresh insight into human vision.
