Aluminum, lenses, halogen source, cooling fan, steel cable, gray automotive lacquer

This is a wall suspended unit. The light source is housed in the top. The light focused through a series of lenses into a very tight collimated beam, the same way a slide projector works. This beam shoots down through a series of plates with the focal point being the floor. Each plate has a space cut out in it, each being progressively smaller from top to bottom. Each plate catches and reflects a small percentage of the beam and reflects it back into the enviorment. The design of the object is based on the manipulation of light. The form of the physical object is based on how to make the light take shape.
I have always envisioned two of these units on each side of an entrance, or one unit at the end of a long hallway. They seem to act as markers, objects that define an area, as well as a means to general illumination.