Jorge Orta, an Argentinian artist produces stunning large scale light projection works.  From the artist’s website:

Trained in both fine arts and architecture, Jorge began his career as a painter graduating from the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Architecture from the University of Rosario. In response to the censorship of the Argentine military regime his practice broadened to include the avant-garde and alternative forms of visual communication such as mail art and performance, widely practiced throughout South America in the 1970′s. He was the first artist in Argentina to explore video and light projections, creating highly controversial public installations in the height of the dictatorship. Jorge Orta received a French Ministry of Culture scholarship and moved to Paris in 1982. Parallel to his studio practice, he began experimenting with and developed the technology for large-scale image projection, pioneered in the USA in the early 1980′s. Since, he has created a unique public art form collating contextual signs and images, and collaborating with local communities to illuminate mythical sites and urban locations of cultural and ecological importance across the world.

Sacred Light, 1994

Woven Light, 1995

Imprints on the Andes, 1995

Light Messenger, 1995

Nexo Corazòn, Zocalo Cathedral, Mexico City, 2001

Brasilia em Luz, 2009 (Work in progress, computer generated image)

Jorge sometimes collaborates with his wife, Lucy Orta, like on their current work in progress pictured above.

The artist duo assembles their artwork and installations together with a team of curators, artists, architects, designers, skilled technicians and craftsmen employing a range of techniques from sculpture, object making, couture, painting, printing and light projections.

To see more of these light projections, visit the Orta site

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