LivingProjects have installed a Pharos LPC X to control the new canopy lighting at the Admirant building in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The permanent installation – with 1280 custom fixtures – is opening with a special interactive show called Don't Break The Sound Barrier for Eindhoven's upcoming annual light art festival Lightfestival GLOW. The 750m2 awning – attached to the building at a
Archives for 2017
Illuminating the e-Luminate Festival
Pharos was approached by Ryan Rolph of Tryka to supply controls and support for the e-Luminate Cambridge Festival, which ran 10th – 15th February 2017. e-Luminate is a contemporary arts festival, inviting residents and visitors to discover the richness and diversity of Cambridge’s iconic buildings and public spaces in quite literally “a new light”. Venues all over the city are involved, showing
Stunning art piece The Walk gets a VLC upgrade
The Walk, by artist Titia Ex, is a spectacular showcase lighting piece. It was created in collaboration with Philips Lighting and the Light Art Centre in Eindhoven, Netherlands, for the light event GLOW in 2013. It was also shown at London’s Kinetica Art Fair’s feature exhibition. It is currently being displayed at EVO-LUMEN; an exhibition about the evolution of light in art and design in
A symphony of colour at LSO St Luke’s
St Luke's is an 18th-century Grade 1 listed Hawksmoor church in Islington, London. After being left as a “managed ruin” from 1959, St Luke’s was taken over in 1996 by the London Symphony Orchestra and lovingly restored over the course of seven years. Today LSO St Luke’s is the home of LSO’s music education programme LSO Discovery, as well as a thriving musical rehearsal, performance and recording
Dynamic Lantern brightens Oxford Street
61 Oxford Street is a striking new mixed-use development on the corner of London’s Oxford and Soho Streets. The building was designed by AHMM architects with a unique undulating glass scheme, inspired by the shop front bay windows of the 19th Century. The previous building on the site had featured a prominent corner tower, which served as inspiration for a new glass lantern feature. StudioFractal
All aboard the Ghost Train
The Shorewood Public Art Committee in Wisconsin wanted to transform a prominent pedestrian and cycle bridge into a welcoming illuminated gateway into their community. Marty Peck of CLDE was commissioned for the project. CLDE researched the history around the bridge and discovered the original old railway trestle had once carried the very first high speed luxury train, running from Chicago to