LIGHT + TECH 103


Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist recreates a day’s worth of dynamic light in eight minutes


LIGHT ART AT AROS


Level 0, the subterranean basement gallery at ARoS, is reserved for international light art, video art and installations. They include works by Eliasson (Surroundings, 2007), Turrell (Milkrun III, 2002), Mariko Mori (TomNa H-Iu, 2006) and an installation by the Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist, which recreates a day’s worth of dynamic light in eight minutes, in a space resembling a sitting room.


ARoS has also acquired Eliasson’s Inverted Panorama House and Your Atmospheric Colour Atlas, both of which


‘My inspirations have really come from the greats, but not so much in the architectural lighting field – it’s really been more about the work of Dan Flavin or Carl Andre or James Turrell. Those are really the folks that have taught me most about light.’ – Rand Elliott of multi-award winning Rand Elliott Architects


MS IONA CRUISE SHIP, P&O CRUISES (2020)


LIGHTING DESIGN: DPA LIGHTING CONSULTANTS


The Grand Atrium is the centrepiece of the interior, designed by Jestico+Whiles, spanning port and starboard in cross section and allowing a visual connection to the sea through the vast glazed elevations. These provide an abundance of natural light and views to sunrises and sunsets. The atrium’s sinuous silver staircase is a sculptural link between the themed food and beverage spaces.


The Turrell influence


‘A striking backlit ceiling feature presents a dramatic lightweight capping to the three-deck-high atrium void, with the illusion of the ‘sky’ hovering above, inspired by the Skyspaces of James Turrell,’ says DPA.


use light, colour and movement to subvert perceptions. The Inverted Panorama House uses light from a single white source projected onto rotating glass plates to throw visitors’ shadows and colour reflections onto a surrounding screen. In Your Atmospheric Colour Atlas the viewer enters a disorientating, dense mist lit from above in red, green and blue to create colour zones. Turrell’s Miilkrun III greets the viewer with a smouldering field of red light. The piece is intended to be more meditative than spectacular in its effect.


VEDANTA HQ, MAYFAIR, LONDON (2018) LIGHTING DESIGN: NULTY


A monolithic sliding door in the reception of Vedanta (an international minerals, power and energy companies group) opens to a ‘hall of mirrors’ with a series of bespoke oculus ‘moon’ luminaires. The motion-sensitive luminaires sit within a sculptured Corian ceiling and come to life when people walk under them, changing the colour of the space and projecting pools of light that replicate shafts of daylight.


The Turrell influence


‘Vedanta’s headquarters is an uber-flexible executive space with chameleon-like design features that needed an equally ambitious lighting scheme… The project takes inspiration from Turrell’s innovative use of colour and perception. Elliptical lights recessed in the ceiling alternate between dynamic white light and colour-changing effects, creating a space that is continually shifting and evolving,’ says Nulty.


PHOTO: JAMES FRENCH


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