As a group we have shared a few artists that create light related installations, and one that I found had a particularly interesting style is Bruce Munro. I did a quick search on him and found some art that I feel relates well to some of the areas we are hoping to start experimenting with. ‘Light’, which consists of multiple installations, inside and out covers over 23 acres of land and was on display in 2012 at Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, USA. It was Munro’s first large-scale solo project, features a lot of reflective elements, water, and water like components really gave me some ideas that I think will help us as a group to start working with.(check the blog guys :P). Three of these were ‘Lightshower‘, ‘Arrow-Spring‘, and ‘Snowball‘.
I feel ‘Lightshower‘, creates a sensation of as if it were raining, it definitely tricks the mind into thinking it is looking at water. ‘Arrow Spring‘ also has a resemblance to a spring of water, which I think we could work with as our concept is on the pollution of our oceans and waterways. ‘Snowball‘ was more an inspiration to the more technical side of this project, the way Munro has formed these lights, gave me the idea of creating our own shapes and forms out of LED strip lights, (which we are already researching and planning on using), I think this just sparked a freedom of forming lights shapes rather than having to use only per-designed lights, or being restricted to creating forms out of individual lights. I am unsure of how the rest of the group thought about this, they may of already thought about using the strip LED’s in this way, however, for me it was a little glimpse of a ‘ah-ha’ or ‘we could do this’ moment.
Image 1 Left : ‘Lightshower‘
Image 2 Top Right: ‘Arrow Spring‘
Image 3 Middle Right: ‘Snowball‘
Image 4 Bottom Right: ‘Snowball‘ (view from below)
Images retrieved from, Munro, Bruce. “‘Light at Longwood Gardens’.” http://www.designboom.com. 2012. (out door installation) Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, USA. Accessed April 13, 2016. http://www.designboom.com/art/bruce-munro-light-at-longwood-gardens/.
Image 1 retrieved from, Munro, Bruce, and Image Copyright Corriette Schoenaerts. “Lightshower.” http://www.designboom.com. 2012. within the Grand Conservatory on the Garden Grounds at Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, USA. Accessed April 13, 2016. http://www.designboom.com/art/bruce-munro-light-at-longwood-gardens/.
Image 2 retrieved from, Munro, Bruce. “Arrow Spring.” http://www.designboom.com. 2012. (out door installations) Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, USA. Accessed April 13, 2016. http://www.designboom.com/art/bruce-munro-light-at-longwood-gardens/.
Image 3 retrieved from, Munro, Bruce. “Snowfall.” http://www.designboom.com. 2012. Installation in the Grand Conservatory at Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, USA. Accessed April 13, 2016. http://www.designboom.com/art/bruce-munro-light-at-longwood-gardens/.
Image 4 retrieved from, Munro, Bruce. “View from below, ‘Snowball’.” http://www.designboom.com. 2012. Outdoor Installation, Longwood Gardens, Kennet Square, USA. Accessed April 13, 2016. http://www.designboom.com/art/bruce-munro-light-at-longwood-gardens/.
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