STORY TIME! Try to guess where in the world Lumen Sandiego is, and learn about some RE-DONK-U-LOUS-LY cool lighting art at the same time! Some years ago, I travelled to an "Art Island," which hosts work by some very spectacular artists, including Claude Monet, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Tadao Ando, Yves Klein, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and most importantly [...]
Read More adventure, art history, game, james, learning, light, movement, quiz, space, story, turrell, world, worldwideFresh from Jeff Waful's FOH Super Lighting Cam comes this very sick version of The Bottom Half from the Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA on March 17, 2012. Good morning, world!!! Have a Tuesday Morning FACE ROCKING courtesy of Umphrey's McGee!
Read More face rocking, good morning, Jeff Waful, Umphrey's McGeeYou might have been to Chicago, and you might have seen Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate. But you've never seen Cloud Gate in Chicago like this before… Luftwerk is the firm who designed and coordinated this work — a husband/wife team of Sean Gallero and Petra Bachmaier. From Frame Mag's website: Luminous Field comprises of 10 video [...]
Read More Chicago, Cloud Gate, Illinois, Luftwerk, Petra Bachmaier, projection, Sean GalleroIvan Toth Depeña has made some pretty incredible displays in his career thus far. One beautiful and fun example would be the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places commission that Ivan did for the Miami0Dade Government Center. Check this out: From Ivan's Vimeo page on the installation: MIAMI, FL – Ivan Toth Depeña’s light-based installation “Reflect” was [...]
Read More Florida, Ivan Toth Depeña, Light Art, lighting installation, miami-dade, public artMy dad would love this. HEY DAD! CHECK THIS OUT! Also, this: This is from a company called bitplay, INC from Japan. About the lamp: BANG! is a desk lamp with a gun-shaped remote controller. User can fire the “gun” to turn the light off. The light goes out and the lampshade knocks to the side, [...]
Read More BANG, bitplay, Fixtures, fun, lamps, luminaires, SillySo, if you haven't seen the piece that Marian Sandberg wrote in Live Design about Phish's New Years' Eve 2012 bash, you're missing out, it's a great piece. If you've never been to a jam band New Years Eve show, you're missing out, too. Phish is kind of known for doing absolutely crazy stuff for [...]
Read More concerts, New Years Eve, NYE, phish, Umphrey's McGeeSo Jeff sent me this yesterday. I then promptly stood up, stretched my legs and arms, and tried to kick myself right in the ass for missing the opportunity to see this happen live. DAMN YOU, REAL LIFE! For those of you not in the know, Jeff Waful is the lighting designer for Umphrey's McGee, [...]
Read More chris kuroda, discussion, Jam Cruise 10, Jefferson, Jefferson WafulHOLY MOLY! Watch THIS: That's an Amstel Live 2012 video mapping dance interactive visual orgasm act featuring Timor Stephens. HOLY SH*T! Did you see how wonderfully the LED suits were programmed along with the other automated lighting and projections?! I was mesmerized by those suits. I had to find out more – they're from a [...]
Read More architainment, EML Productions Holland, iLuminate, mapping, PRG, projection, Timor Steffens, Video, videomappingHappy New Year, everybody – as always, sh*t is kicking here at the Light Associated Media, LLC headquarters in Oklahoma City – soon to be relocating to Toronto, Ontario! I can't tell you why just yet, but it's coming. And it's awesome. But that's not what this is about, this post is about an awesome [...]
Read More 2012, concerts, Jefferson Waful, JimOnLight.com, NYE, Ocean Billy, Umphrey's McGee, VideoHave you seen the interactive exhibit called PRISMA 1666? Well hold on to your knickers, you're about to see it: So. What do you think? PRISMA 1666 is a collaboration between the two firms SuperNature Design and WonWei (which, I have to admit, gave me a bit of a journey to find out exactly what [...]
Read More Issac Newton, Light Art, PRISMA 1666, prisms, SuperNature Design, WonWei