Kate Sweater

Artist Christine Sciulli: Roil

katesweater — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 22:06:02 +0000

I was lucky to sit next to artist Christine Sciulli this year at the 2016 Lumen Awards. She won a Citation for Temporary Art Installation this year for her art installation Roil (see video). This piece is gorgeous, and I’m excited to find out where she installs it next so I can see it in person!… Continue reading

silent hours between midnight and dawn

katesweater — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:13:24 +0000

“Although we are necessarily concerned, in a chronicle of events, with physical action by the light of day, history suggests that the human spirit wanders farthest in the silent hours between midnight and dawn. Those dark fruitful hours, seldom recorded, whose secret flowerings breed peace and war, loves and hates, the crowning or uncrowning of… Continue reading

Really cool fixture design by Tilen Sepič

katesweater — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 20:52:00 +0000

I just found this beautiful lighting design by European designer Tilen Sepič. Check out his website here for more images of his work.

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Light artist crush: Adam Ekberg

katesweater — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:12:53 +0000

Photographer Adam Ekberg caught my eye, as his photographs are closely tied to lighting and space. Below are a few of his photographs and links to his personal website where you can see more.

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From his website, “In calculated performances that intersect with photography’s documentary potential, I explore ephemeral occurrences. Making such humble events happen is alchemy of sorts, the transformation of the mundane into the poignant. Within the constructed images, I reposition specific celebratory iconography to create minor spectacles. My process requires detailed and elaborate production outside the photographic frame so that what appears within the frame implies simplicity and straightforwardness. It is important to me that these constructions actually exist in the world, if only for the moment in which the photograph is made.”[/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness

katesweater — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:01:31 +0000

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In this TED talk, “Lighting architect Rogier van der Heide offers a beautiful new way to look at the world — by paying attention to light (and to darkness). Examples from classic buildings illustrate a deeply thought-out vision of the play of light around us.”

(image from the TED presentation: schoolchildren in the USA viewing a solar eclipse)

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