{"id":106067,"date":"2025-09-01T02:59:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T02:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/106067\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T02:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T02:59:15","slug":"vincent-leroys-optical-mobile-of-floating-lenses-dances-over-cappadocia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/106067\/","title":{"rendered":"vincent leroy&#8217;s optical mobile of floating lenses dances over cappadocia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Floating Fresnel Lenses shape a kinetic sculpture by Vincent Leroy<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the valleys of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-turkey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cappadocia<\/a>, French artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/vincent-leroy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vincent Leroy<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">installed<\/a> Floating Lenses, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/kinetic-installations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kinetic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/sculpture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sculpture<\/a> that interacts with wind, light, and the surrounding landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The work is composed of concentric Fresnel lenses mounted on a carbon and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/3d-printing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3D printed<\/a> frame. Activated by natural air currents, the structure shifts gently, refracting and distorting its environment. As the morning balloons rise across the horizon, their forms appear multiplied, dissolved, and reshaped through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/glass-art-and-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lenses<\/a>, producing layered visual effects that alter the perception of space.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"vincent leroy's optical mobile of floating lenses dances with hot air balloons over cappadocia\" width=\"818\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vincent-leroys-optical-mobile-floating-lenses-dances-with-hot-air-balloons-over-cappadocia-1-68adadd.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>the lenses float between sky and earth | all images by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vincentleroy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vincent Leroy Studio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wind and light become active elements of the kinetic installation<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rather than functioning as a static object, the installation operates as a responsive surface. Each lens reframes fragments of sky and terrain, generating a continuous sequence of visual transformations. The project emphasizes the relationship between movement, optics, and landscape, where technology integrates with natural conditions instead of dominating them.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Floating Lenses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentleroy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">artist<\/a> Vincent Leroy extends his investigation into optical devices and kinetic structures, reinterpreting the Fresnel lens beyond its utilitarian origins. The installation highlights the potential of material and environmental forces, such as wind, light, and perspective, to create a spatial experience in constant flux.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"vincent leroy's optical mobile of floating lenses dances with hot air balloons over cappadocia\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vincent-leroys-optical-mobile-floating-lenses-dances-with-hot-air-balloons-over-cappadocia-4-68adadd.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>the lenses capture the first rays of the sun<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"vincent leroy's optical mobile of floating lenses dances with hot air balloons over cappadocia\" width=\"818\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vincent-leroys-optical-mobile-floating-lenses-dances-with-hot-air-balloons-over-cappadocia-5-68adadd.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>a silent visual choreography<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"vincent leroy's optical mobile of floating lenses dances with hot air balloons over cappadocia\" width=\"818\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vincent-leroys-optical-mobile-floating-lenses-dances-with-hot-air-balloons-over-cappadocia-6-68adadd.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>the mobile echoes the morning dance of hot-air balloons in Cappadocia<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"vincent leroy's optical mobile of floating lenses dances with hot air balloons over cappadocia\" width=\"818\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vincent-leroys-optical-mobile-floating-lenses-dances-with-hot-air-balloons-over-cappadocia-7-68adadd.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>a natural kaleidoscope in perpetual transformation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floating Fresnel Lenses shape a kinetic sculpture by Vincent Leroy \u00a0 In the valleys of Cappadocia, French artist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[18157,26357,6225,6485,6486,1120,96,12237,9143,20144,10552,56,54,55,51571],"class_list":["post-106067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-3d-printing","tag-architecture-in-turkey","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-glass-art-and-design","tag-interactive-installation","tag-kinetic-installations","tag-sculpture","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-vincent-leroy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}