Archive for the ‘Light + Art’ Category

LED Light Show at Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Domes

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James Turrell Explores Light and Space

As featured in PBS’s Art:21 series:
James Turrell’s work involves explorations in light and space that speak to viewers without words, impacting the eye, body, and mind with the force of a spiritual awakening. Situated near the Grand Canyon and Arizona’s Painted Desert is Roden Crater, an extinct volcano the artist has been transforming into a [...]

Technique: Light and Shadow

This video shows three examples of how light and shadow can be used to create works of art. These include Kinetic Sculptures, Chinese Shadow Art Show and a compilation of shadow sculpture.
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52 SSL Product Designs in 52 Weeks

My friend and colleague, LED expert Kevin Willmorth, recently told me that he has set an ambitious goal of designing and producing 52 all new solid-state lighting based product designs over the 52 weeks of 2010.
“The idea is to demonstrate that LEDs are not only here and now, but far easier to design around [...]

Kara Walker’s Silhouettes

Artist Kara Walker meditates on the nature of her works of art, which frequently render subtly disturbing images rendered in silhouette.

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Contract Magazine Interviews Lighting Designer Leni Schwendinger

I love getting inside the heads of some of the country’s top lighting designers; one can learn a great deal in a short amount of time and, just as important, see things from a different perspective. Contract Magazine offers just such an opportunity in this great interview of lighting designer Leni Schwendinger.
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Olafur Eliasson: Playing with Space and Light

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First, the Weather Project:

Next, hear the artist discuss his work with space and light:

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Scrap Lights, Made from Twice Recycled Cardboard

Scrap lights, made from twice recycled cardboard.
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Loemen Light Sculptures

Loemen light sculptures, handmade and designed by Dries Braeckman & Mireille Verroken.
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Using Color to Create an Uncomfortable Atmosphere

Lighting designer Keith Parham shows us how color was used to create an uncomfortable atmosphere in his lighting of “Adding Machine: A Musical.”
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