This will be the final original blog for the class, however, I will post again next week as a reminder to finish outstanding blogs and to list again the deliverables for the final projects.
This week's blog topic (wide variety- choose 1 through 4 or more if you like):
(1) Do some research on projections and patterns in light. You will have the most luck obviously in performance lighting, but also look for architectural lighting's use of projections. (2) You can and should also look for designers and professionals who have used or are known for addressing patterns and projections and similar techniques in their lighting. (3) Designers who have worked in both the theatrical lighting and architectural lighting professions. (4) Lighting Designers who are specifically addressing sustainable or Universal design principles.
A few examples of designers (in no particular order) you are welcome to bring to the blog are Josef Svoboda, Abhay Wadhwa, Stefan Graf and Naomi Miller.
HOW CAN YOU TIE PROJECTIONS AND LIGHTING TO THE BAUHAUS? WHAT ABOUT BAUHAUS DESIGNERS WHO MIGHT HAVE USED LIGHT?
Please everyone come back to the blog and respond to each others posts throuhout the week.
Off you go.
Thanks,
~T
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Light projectors can be used for many things in commercial applications. They can advertise for a company by having their logo projected onto a building’s wall, or they can be used in place of signs that would typically be affixed to the wall, like designating bathrooms, no smoking sections, and anywhere else you may want to project a graphic, logo, or message. They can even create cool illusions like water or a fireplace in unexpected places.
One way these projections are able to be carried out is by way of a “gobo,” which is available in either a full-size projector or in a “gobo top” which can easily be placed over any 35Wor 50W MR16 low-voltage multi-mirror lamp. I find these great ways to be creative with lighting in advertising and in interior design. The website containing this information also has other interesting products worth seeing.
http://www.uselight.com/
Marian Zazeela is an artist who uses light as her medium. She has designed light for spaces, lighting installations, and has created performances devoted to light. “Ornamental Lightyears Tracery is a performance work consisting of the projection of a series of slides based on a modular design that are permuted throughout concerts of over three hour durations. The performer, in effect, is painting with light, continuously improvising the series of sixty slides through deliberate manipulation of the focus, color, brightness and sequence of four projectors whose images are simultaneously superimposed. Each performance represents a unique realization of the work.” Below are some links about her.
http://www.melafoundation.org/mz.htm
The other projection of light that I am choosing to write about is not what most would consider a “traditional” method, and probably not used architecturally or residentially. This light can be projected into open air, without the need for a wall, back drop, or focal point. It is considered to be more of an artistic statement and it definitely caught my attention when I came across this style. The catch is that it can only be seen when captured by a camera and pictures are developed; however, it leaves zero mess, unlike typical graffiti.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/405216/how_to_create_light_graffiti.html
http://www.digalist.com/list/3312
As for the Bauhaus, I think that without light there would be few performances or low attendance because without a way to enhance and highlight the actors' physiques and costumes, they would go unseen, or look very terrible under poor lighting conditions. Therefore, I believe that probably all Bauhaus designers took light into consideration at one time or another to create a quality performance and gathering environment.
http://4dapeace.blogspot.com/2007/08/light-graffiti.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lichtfaktor/show/
her are two more sites on the light Graffiti and there are videos as well, it must have taken forever to make, and to do a video, you need to draw some objects the same way dozens of times.
As for the light projection I found a site talking about heat transference to a surface with using a projection
http://www.seleconlight.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=210
this would defiantly be a consideration for uses in and out of the theater.
WOW! that light graffiti is awesome! I've just spent the past 2 hours looking it up..
Also I checked out Abhay Wadhwa's lighting design firm's website,
http://www.awalightingdesigners.com/
which also consumed a large amount of time going through their whole gallery.. if you get a chance, go to the gallery, click on hospitality and restaurants, and then on the Ludo Lounge and Restaurant. The lighting design definitely implements patterned projections derived from the existing interior design. Abhay Wadhwa's firm is also LEED certified and a member of USBC, they use solar-powered fixture designs and partner with the EPA's energy star program.
Something else I'd like to share is
the uplights I had chose for my Island Getaway, they are made with swarvoski crystals and really create an interesting pattern,
http://www.mr-resistor.co.uk/products.aspx?g=13&t=375&r=665
Concerning the Bauhaus, most of the architects used natural light in combination with voids in facades and ceilings to create patterns throughout the interior space. For example, Le Corbusier with Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp. I don't think they used to much with architectural lighting projection, only projection for theatrical performances, but thats only my opinion, I couldn't find much information on the topic.
About a year ago I found an amazing light art piece in a book at Books-A-Million. I had to peel through about 50 different designers websites to find the one that I was looking for, no easy task for someone who loves design and also has ADD... :) But I found it. It is by a designer named Simon Heijdens. His website, found here, is really cool.
The designs I was thinking of are called "Lightweeds" and "Tree". "Lightweeds" is a projected grasslike plant that grows on the wall of a space, inside, and grows based on the amount of rain, wind, and sun that occur outside the building in which it is installed. Over time, they grow seed pods and when people walk by they drop their seeds and new plants start to grow. They continue to multiply. "Tree" is an outdoor installation on the side of a building. As wind blows it drops leaves of light on the ground which blow around when people walk through them. Amazing stuff. Here is a youtube video of a bunch of projection related art pieces done by the same company.
Cassie, I really like the website you provided...the lounge is great, very sophisticated with lots of ambient light. And Seth, I think the trees and light weeds are fabulous! I would love to see those used somewhere locally. Thanks for all of the great sites everyone! : )
Acoustics...
Doors:
http://www.kriegerproducts.com/acoustical/
Sustainable Hallway Materials:
http://www.roosintl.com/p_tex_sound_control.htm
Ceiling and Wall:
www.decoustics.com
There are a few lighting desngers I like but design@jessshaw.com of England is very good.The best lighting designer company in Dubai I found was that of http://www.jamesclar.com/product/2002/blockhead/index.html
Useing LED lighting in modern design.The most trippy one is called Fire Fly that happens to be a type of Kinetic sculpture. It shows a video how how it works too.
Seth, I really like your website and description. That is awesome! I also LOVE LOVE LOVE Cassie’s AWA Lighting designer’s website. I wish I had seen that before I had Bill’s IDIV class. The staircase under the residential department is amazing!
This is a department in which I know very little about, but in reading everyone’s research and conducting my own, I really love it. Initially when I thought of light projection, I thought of Gotham City and Batman’s logo being projected into the dark sky. Although this is a form of light projection, it is by no means the only. I have seen many applications using this form of lighting, but never knew it was called that. Commonly I have seen signage done in this form. Here are some examples of how to use it functionally.
http://www.thelightprojectioncompany.com/Files/AV/Screens/Indoor%20Screen.jpg
http://www.thelightprojectioncompany.com/Files/Signage/Etched%20Pics/Website%20Signage/87.jpg
The latter I have seen ceiling mounted and used as way finding elements. They are aesthetically pleasing as well as functional.
The biggest problem I see with architectural graphic lighting projections is where to house the projector.
Here is a really cool execution of light projection creating visual textures.
http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2nd%20Light%20-%2002.jpg
Hey. I found this website when I was trying to look up lighting designers and I found Tim on it. It is the International Association of Lighting Designers. Tah Dah!
http://www.iald.org/membership/results.asp
I found an interesting page that belongs to a Lighting Designer. His name is Barry Brukoff and he works out of Sausalito, CA. He works with residential and commercial Lighting design. One thing he said that caught my attention was, "Early in my design career, it became apparent to me that the only way to truly create a custom interior design project, was to be able to create the lighting design as well as the rest of the interior design." This is something I have come to understand but never materialized into a phrase. It is very important to remember the way light impacts us as we experience a space. He says himself, "We design by imagining the experience of moving through a space, seeing how the light will enter, exploring what the response of the client will be". Also, I think he is trying to say that to have a truly original space is to have original lighting. Whether it be original in design or in use. For me, I notice when a light fixture is disigned specifically for a certain space, it gives a more personal feel and is more meaningful to the client. To the visitor, it impacts the visitor's senses and memory; storing feelings of the space that occure do to the effect of the lighting.
http://www.brukoffdesign.com/philosophy.htm
I found an essay by Cindy Keiffer entitled "Space, Light, Art".
It is about the combination of projections, light and music to create abstract film and art compositions.
Keefer explores the 1900- 1950's. She begins with the Italian Futurists and their moving art in film with combination of music and other lighting to create a complete experience.
She goes on to explore the Bauhaus experimentation with color organs in combination with musical compositions. And later Moholy- Nagy used film as kinetic sculpture. He described his art as "apparatus for the demonstration of the effects of light and movement."
This essay is well worth the read.
http://www.centerforvisualmusic.org/CKSLAexc.htm
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