You see, Aron Altmark is a young guy I know - a lighting designer, student, and artist. Aron is doing something right now that a pretty small handful of really talented young people are doing. Aron is turning light, art, and his big geek brain into something that he can feel good about - and he's involving the public in his exploits so that the world can see how great it is to be a geek.It's a shame - there are fewer true "geeks" in the world right now, and today's college-age people as a majority are becoming less geekified. ... Read More»
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Jim on Light is written by Jim Hutchison, Chief Design Consultant of Alive Lighting. Jim has several years of experience in the Entertainment Lighting industry. Jim is a member of USA Local 829.
Archive for the ‘Light Art’ Category
Aron Altmark Rocks TheDailyCity.com’s Mobile Art Show
February 19th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Display Technology, Industry News, Light Art, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting and the Human Element, Lighting for Enjoyment!, Outdoor and Recreational Lighting, artists, projection design
Posted in Display Technology, Industry News, Light Art, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting and the Human Element, Lighting for Enjoyment!, Outdoor and Recreational Lighting, artists, projection design
Kumi Yamashita’s Unbelievably Amazing Shadow People
February 17th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Innovation, Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Art and Installations, Shadows and Darkness, artists
Posted in Innovation, Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Art and Installations, Shadows and Darkness, artists
For some reason, when I saw these images for the first time a few hours ago, the first thought that popped into my head was Ron Burgundy saying "by the beard of Zeus!" These pieces below are just outstanding to me. Kumi Yamashita has created many of these "shadow works" before - she is absolutely brilliant at painting with darkness.Check these out - you have to see her work. You have to see it. You also have to check out Kumi's portfolio. Kumi, you blew me away.Lovers: Glider: City View: Profile: Feather: Clouds: That one is just freaky! I love it!A ... Read More»
You Got $870 bucks to Spend On A Lamp, Then Trash It?
February 16th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, Light Art, Lighting and The Economy, Lighting and the Human Element, artists
Posted in Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, Light Art, Lighting and The Economy, Lighting and the Human Element, artists
First, watch this - you're seeing the Less Lamp, created by Jordi Canudas:The Museum of Modern Art website is selling this lamp for $875 USD - only $787.50 if you're a MoMA member - as a piece of light art. It's an interesting statement of art, right? But mostly I just want to meet someone who has a grand to spend on "light art" like the lamp by Jordi Canudas. I am all about light, art, and light art, but I just don't have that much cash to "invest" on something like that right now!Jordi, don't take offense - I'm ... Read More»
Vectorial Elevation – Submit Your Designs!
February 9th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting for Enjoyment!, artists
Posted in Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting for Enjoyment!, artists
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is at it again - you might remember him from posts on JimOnLight.com about a few of his installations - Pulse Park, Levels of Nothingness - and now, he's got another massive interactive installation. Vectorial Elevation is installed right now in Vancouver, BC......and on the Internet. YOU can participate. YOU can create a design online with Rafael's custom setup and have your display created in real time, in real space, in the skies of Vancouver. I did! 20 @ 10K SyncroLite units slam through the air, creating whatever it is that you decide to create. How many of ... Read More»
Siemens Superstar – A Wind Turbine-Sized LED Display
February 3rd, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Alternative Energy, Christmas Lighting, Digital Light, Display Technology, Environmentally Friendly Design, Industry News, Just Plain AWESOME., LEDs, Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting Design
Posted in Alternative Energy, Christmas Lighting, Digital Light, Display Technology, Environmentally Friendly Design, Industry News, Just Plain AWESOME., LEDs, Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting Design
Super company Siemens (they're the parent company of OSRAM) installed a ton of high-power LED modules onto a wind turbine located next to the A9 Autobahn highway at Christmas time. In conjunction with multimedia artist Michael Pendry, Siemens installed 9,000 OSRAM LEDs onto the blades of the wind turbine. You could see the installation (it was 70 meters wide, or almost 230 feet) from almost 20 miles away. All of the display was powered by the wind turbine, which is extra awesome.The installation was up for the Global Climate Conference in Munich, and stayed up until January 6, 2010. You ... Read More»
The Cosmonaut Lamp
February 2nd, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Fixtures, Just Plain AWESOME., Lamps and Sources, Light Art, Luminaire Design, artists, incandescent lamps
Posted in Fixtures, Just Plain AWESOME., Lamps and Sources, Light Art, Luminaire Design, artists, incandescent lamps
There was something about this lamp that just rocked me - maybe it was the music I was listening to when I first saw it. Meet the Cosmonaut Lamp by Matthew Borgatti (Giant Eye on Flickr, and all images came from his account):What a beautiful model - to me, that little guy is sitting there in contemplation, holding his knees and wondering what to do next. I love it. Can you imagine it with a CFL screwed into the neck? Below is the lamp with a frosted incandescent - equally as awesome:So wonderful! Matt needs your help to get this ... Read More»
Olafur Eliasson Request That You Take Your Time
January 27th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Industry Professionals, Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting for Enjoyment!, artists
Posted in Industry Professionals, Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting for Enjoyment!, artists
Sometimes things make you say "wow, that is really cool." There are other times when something is so amazing that there are no words.If you have never heard of Olafur Eliasson, I am so glad to say that today I am able to give you a spectacular gift. Olafur is one of the greatest and most influential thinkers (and artists!) of our time, friends. On December 10, 2009, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia opened an installation of Olafur Eliasson pieces in a collection called Take Your Time. The installation is open until April 11, 2010.Make sure that ... Read More»
Jakub’s Almost Light Theremin (If Theremin Could Do Video)
January 27th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in DIY, Digital Light, Display Technology, Gadgets, Hack It!, Innovation, Just Plain AWESOME., LEDs, Light Art, Lighting Control, Lighting Technology, Lighting Toys, Lighting and the Human Element
Posted in DIY, Digital Light, Display Technology, Gadgets, Hack It!, Innovation, Just Plain AWESOME., LEDs, Light Art, Lighting Control, Lighting Technology, Lighting Toys, Lighting and the Human Element
A guy named Jakub Koźniewski created something quite awesome - using photocells, Arduino, a real-time audio synthesizer called Supercollider, and the Processing environment, Jakub created a pretty excellent audio and video controller.I wrote about the Processing environment a while ago, in relation to a project called MSAFluid. It's worth checking out the Processing and Supercontroller websites if you're a geek like me.This thing is awesome, Jakub. Great work. Check out Jakub's Vimeo channel - cool stuff.Here's the original video of Jakub's work, this set not quite as detailed as the one above:Thanks a lot, Make Mag. This is why I ... Read More»
Tags: arduino, DIY, hack, Jakub Koźniewski, photocells, Processing, real-time, Supercollider
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The Star Sower
Here's something that just inspired the heck out of me all weekend.This weekend, one of my KTH colleagues in Stockholm sent this great link to our private list - a set of pictures of a statue in Kaunas, Lithuania. (thanks, Chrissa! I miss you!)This statue is, in my humble opinion, brilliant. Topically, it appears as though the statue represents some kind of farmer or earth worker of some sort. It is only when the night falls and an artificial light source is shone upon the statue that it takes its true form - the Star Sower. Beautiful!Thanks, BoreMe!
A Long-Exposure Proposal
January 11th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Life, Lighting for Enjoyment!
Posted in Just Plain AWESOME., Light Art, Light and Photography, Lighting Life, Lighting for Enjoyment!
@aronaltmark over on Twitter posted this really sweet video a week or so ago, and I just had to post it.This guy Derick Childress proposed to his girlfriend Emily Kern in a very, very unique way - through a series of 10-second long exposure photographs put into video form. The process is captured in the video below - I can only imagine how much planning went into mapping out the font characters on the ground from the window's vantage point.If you're wondering, Emily said yes! Congratulations, Derick!Derick also has a page dedicated to this process and to the story. It's ... Read More»
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