Illuminating London's bridges for the world’s longest public art commission скачать в хорошем качестве

Illuminating London's bridges for the world’s longest public art commission

As featured in Channel 4’s documentary London’s Great Bridges: Lighting the Thames with Charlie Luxton, the first phase of the Illuminated River project will be unveiled this summer. Synopsis As featured in the Channel 4 three-part documentary London’s Great Bridges: Lighting the Thames with Charlie Luxton, the first phase of the Illuminated River project – an initiative that will see up to fifteen bridges along the River Thames adorned with new light installations – will be unveiled summer 2019. The first phase moves from East to West covering London Bridge, Cannon Street Railway Bridge, Southwark bridge and Millennium bridge. Featuring artwork by world-renowned lighting artist Leo Villareal, the project will become the longest public art installation in the world once complete, with the aim to “use light art to reconnect people to the bridges and their histories, and to celebrate their role in London”. Leading the project is Sarah Gaventa, Director of the Illuminated River Foundation. The Foundation ran an international design competition for the lighting which was won by the Leo Villareal and London architects, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. Following a rigorous evaluation, Signify was awarded the project because of its global breadth and expertise in lighting and ability to deliver such an important, large-scale, connected lighting project. Interact Landmark will provide the connect lighting management system that will bring to life the world’s longest public art commission. When speaking about Signify, formerly Philips Lighting, Sarah Gaventa, said “they’ve been really good partners for us, and they’ve worked with us from day one. We have fortnightly project team meetings and they’re always at those as well, with whole day planning meetings. They’re more than a supplier, they’re on site with us because it’s their responsibility, and it’s obviously a high profile project for them as well.” Gaventa also says “I think there’s an opportunity here for creating a work that means that people will stop on their commute across a bridge, pause, have a moment out of their busy day, look at the river, look at the reason why London is where it is, and maybe have a conversation with someone they don’t know about how beautiful the river looks, and reclaim some of the bridges as places of joy and peace.” Signify is the official connected lighting supplier to create the Illuminated River apprenticeship an initiative that will invite students to work with both Signify and the Illuminated River teams over the course of two years. #IlluminatedRiver #LightingTheThames #connectedlighting #interactlandmark