Light Modulator No.2 1962

Curator: Stephen Willats' "Light Modulator No.2" is a sculpture utilizing perspex and painted wood. Editor: It has a sort of quiet austerity. The vertical planes create an environment, a structure, a stage. Curator: Exactly! Willats is interested in systems, how information flows and how people interact within environments. Editor: The perspex introduces a sense of transparency, but there’s also a barrier, a filter…a veiled look. Curator: Willats often explores how we perceive and navigate the built environment. Editor: It feels like a model, perhaps for a building or a social space. There's an almost unsettling feeling of control. Curator: Maybe that's Willats prompting us to look beyond the surface.