Do you remember Napoleon? The "napo" LED table lamp is a tribute to the memory of this exceptional history figure, admired by some and despised by others. In the design of this luminaire, Aliki Polydor has tried to condense his power, his intelligence, his passion and some of the famous attributes that have made him [...]
Aliki Polydor turns Betty Boop into Leddy Boop | 2008Concept and project Aliki Polydor september 2008 All Rights ReservedA transparent coffin made to measure to accomodate our Betty Boop.Betty Boop is wearing black gloves with LEDs inserted at the tip of each finger. When she rises out of the coffin, the lights are programmed to [...]
"Stira and Sukha©2005-2016 Aliki Polydor installation refers to the pleasure of practicing a discipline. It is in sanscrit and sustains that in practicing any discipline or art no matter how arduous, one can reach great satisfaction. One pre-requisite for this ultimate satisfaction is the continuity and regularity in practicing that discipline.
My “take it or leave it” LED lighting interactive project, could be best translated as "immediatezza o rinuncia”©2006An overviewToday the senses are weakened and lacerated because technology and progress make all processes dramatically explicit. Senses are neutralized and lose their capacity to discriminate.We need to reflect on that…and maybe work on ourselves.I designed and set up [...]
A polisensorial interactive experienceTo be wrapped up in a film, to fall into it with the help of poly-sensorial, tactile, and olfactory stimuli, as well as those of sound and sight: this is the effect of the installation Take It or Leave It by Aliki Polydor, a designer and an artist with a complex cultural background [...]
The light installation in the castle of Rivoli Forte Wohlgemuth “Zafferano o spezie…”, together with the LED light sculpture “ZAFF”, hymns those emotions tied to the senses of vision, taste and smell. Spices give their contribution to the taste of elements and also to the taste of life, by making life more intense with a [...]
The installation “Zafferano o spezie…“ at the castello di Rivoli - Forte Wohlgemuth with 3 technologically innovative SSL light sculptures of which “zaff”, being the most important one, offers a distinct message : that of enhancing emotions linked to the pleasure of the senses, whether gustatory or olfactory.To Aliki, spices contribute to the flavor of [...]
The installation “Zafferano o spezie…“ at the castello di Rivoli - Forte Wohlgemuth with 3 technologically innovative SSL light sculptures of which “zaff”, being the most important one, offers a distinct message : that of enhancing emotions linked to the pleasure of the senses, whether gustatory or olfactory.To Aliki, spices contribute to the flavor of [...]
Aliki Polydor's polisensorial lighting installation is, then, to be seen in the context of other contemporary art inquiries even though it is based on specific elements of her own sensitivity and personal style: adding LED-lighting she has creates an all-embracing quality.She does so with the lightest touch and in a clear and allusive manner. This [...]
