Lima Charlie
For Lima Charlie, Laurids Gallée presents five resin light works alongside a small series of aluminium wall pieces. The title comes from radio shorthand for “loud and clear,” and points to transmission as a formal driver.
Light is captured inside tinted resin bodies and reshaped through refraction and focal shifts.
The gradients are tuned: a controlled colour drift that recalibrates as the viewer moves. The works do not resolve from a fixed point.
The forms stay direct. Beams, cones, and dish-like curves merge into continuous optical bodies, borrowing their orientation from satellite dishes and antenna masts that face in different directions, as if streaming to an unknown place. A small set of conic units repeats across the series, reoriented each time like an array.
Visible brackets, cables, and custom aluminium fittings keep the works tied to infrastructure.
The aluminium wall pieces extend this logic as small machined studies in support and reception.
About the artist
Laurids Gallée (1988) is a Rotterdam-based designer who creates distinctive, one-of-a-kind pieces that prioritize material and artistic expression over conventional functionality. Central to his creative process is a sense of playfulness, which dares to explore unexpected shapes and ways of manipulating materials. This approach uncovers the artistic depth within each piece, inviting a sense of wonder.
From early childhood he was exposed to creative practices, and after briefly studying anthropology, he graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2015. He spent the following years learning different manufacturing techniques, as a craftsman in art and design production. In 2017 he started his own studio in Rotterdam; his work explores traditional and folkloric elements to enter modern materiality, while always considering today’s advanced manufacturing processes to create a contemporary fusion.
