Unit 32×32×8

The 32×32×8 Volumetric Luminaire is a modular light sculpture made from sixteen interconnected light cubes, forming a single luminous mass of more than 8,000 individually addressable RGBW voxels. Each point of light forms part of a three-dimensional canvas where patterns, pulses, and fields of color unfold in space, creating the sense of a living, breathing geometry. Proof that math can party!

The work explores light as a living medium — programmable, spatial, and responsive. Sensors embedded in the installation detect presence and ambient sound, translating movement and rhythm into evolving light patterns. All processing happens locally on gallery hardware; no images are captured, no data leaves the space.

This transparency is foundational. Every line of code running the installation—hardware, firmware, sensor processing, pattern generation—is publicly available at github.com/ima-jin. When technology enters public space, especially with sensors and AI, openness isn’t optional. Visitors can audit exactly how their presence is translated into light.

It’s part of an ongoing research practice at imajin light labs that blurs the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, computation, and equitable access to creative technology. Developed by VETEZE with the imajin collective, the installation is both a public artwork and a prototype for open, community-oriented creative infrastructure, built on an open-source hardware platform integrating real-time sensor and environmental input.

Visitors will encounter a field of light that feels both digital and organic — a meditative, volumetric space that invites curiosity about how technology, art, and collaboration can merge into something quietly alive.