Liquid crystal device

A liquid crystal device for absorbing and/or scattering a controllable amount of traversing light, comprising an active layer having a first viewport surface and a second viewport surface, wherein the first viewport surface is in contact with a first planar electrode and the second viewport surface is in contact with a second planar electrode, wherein

• the active layer comprises at least two side surfaces, wherein
• the first planar electrode comprises a first supply area for receiving a control voltage for controlling the active layer, the second planar electrode comprises a second supply area for receiving the control voltage, wherein
• a first supply contacting device is arranged to electrically connect to the first supply area and a second supply contacting device is arranged to electrically connect to the second supply area, wherein
• the supply areas are each associated to one or more side surfaces, wherein the supply contacting devices are each associated to one or more side surfaces, and are arranged to extend along at least a part of their respective associated sides,
• wherein the first supply contacting device and the second supply contacting device are associated to adjacent side surfaces, arranged around a common corner of the liquid crystal device, wherein one or more of the contact devices extends over less than 80% of a length of its associated side surface of the active layer, and wherein the first supply contacting device is spaced from the side surface associated to the second supply contacting device and/or from the second supply contacting device.