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DETAILS [snapshot] An introduction to the work of the London based independent lighting designer Anna Sbokou.


MEMORIAL FOR THE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, MEXICO CITY CLIENT: MUNICIPALITY OF MEXICO CITY ARCHITECTS: GAETA-SPRINGALL ARQUITECTOS Created in collaboration with Gustavo Aviles and Lighteam, The Memorial to the Victims of Violence was developed to reconcile political and social turmoil in Mexico and is composed of a series of steel plates, some weathered and some reflective, placed on a water mirror. Light helps to create an allegory of absence. Recessed linear LEDs were placed on the site to create a promenade, guiding visitors, while helping to bring a pacifying effect of solace to the memorial. The lit elements reflected on the water compel us to contemplate and reflect on our present, while the interaction between light and the reflecting plates creates an ethereal effect, representing a future with a silver lining. The metal plates are outlined with light projectors creating subtle silhouettes, helping to create an ambiguity between the solid plates, the voids, and the water reflection, bringing materiality to absence. A glint emerges from each metal plate to reveal phrases written out with perforated lettering, while a colder shade of white is used to light the tree tops. Light encompasses the space acting to create a lantern of hope amid the surrounding darkness. The project has been shortlisted for the UK Lighting Design Awards 2014.


‘SHAKESPEARE, STAGING THE WORLD’, BRITISH


MUSEUM, LONDON CLIENT: BRITISH MUSEUM ARCHITECT: RFK ARCHITECTS Created in collaboration with Zerlina Hughes and studioZNA, a design strategy was developed for the British Museum’s exhibition about William Shakespeare. The exhibition was compiled underneath the museum’s dome, which was lit in a deep blue, giving the gold cornicing a silvery sheen, creating the effect of a twlight nightsky canopy, signaling a theme of drama and transformation. The lighting structure acts as a physical link between the different sections of the display. The objects on show were lit with bespoke fibre optic and LED arrangements, creating a narrative, a light journey, reflecting the changing mood of each section of the display. The original library bookcases were lit with concealed fittings giving the space added depth, while in the centre of the exhibition room, shafts of light from exterior radii connect and penetrate into the space. A subtle sense of movement is created in a blue textured floor evoking reflections of light from water, while a strong dialogue is created between the sculptural pieces and the large paintings in the room. In the last section a contemporary look was required. Opaque glass was used to produce a diffused shadowless light, which lit a glowing horizon line around white space, symbolising the new world ethos demonstrated in the Bard’s late plays.


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