In this beautiful work from 2010 by Spencer Finch, titled Between the Moon and the Sea, the artist created an environment for viewing the reflection of an artificial moon, at Frac des Pays de la Loire.
As Beforelight, we ...
Between the Moon and the Sea
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For a few more days the BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art will host an exhibition of existing and new work by Daniel Buren. Most impressive is the commission for the Level 4 Gallery in which Buren decided to play with the ...
Catch as Catch Can by Daniel Buren
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Within the next 2-3 years, Danish regions and municipalities have to replace outdoor lighting for up to €400 million. So parts of the city of Copenhagen will be used for a huge experiment in smart lighting that could save ...
Urban Lighting: a right under threat?
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Noose Light plays with the idea of the hangman's noose. Designer Ana-Maria Pasescu Stewart created these lamps made our of thick rope and a wooden or metal pulley system, which allows its user to adjust the height of each ...
Noose Light
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On Saturday the 20th of September, join us for Maastricht's Stadfestival in Fatimaplein in Mariaberg.
Color ex Machina will be there to play with and light up the church in different colors!
From 22:00 ...
Color ex Machina in the Stadfestival Maastricht
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In the framework of Rooftoptigerrr and the Stadfestival, which will take place in four different neighborhoods in Maastricht, our installation Mosaic will be the backdrop of Lies Serdons, community theater and dance ...
Mosaic in a theater performance
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High, slim and elegant masts on the shoreline of Poole are the basis for soft blue lights. Integrated energy harvesters are concealed inside each sphere which harness the energy from the movement of the masts in the wind. ...
Phosphor Field
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Sometime ago we found this amazing photo collection of Vancouver's mid-centruy photos with the city full of neon lights.
Vancouver is obviously not the only city loosing its neon lights. With more efficient lights ...
The disappearing art of Neon lights
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Moon Dust (Apollo 17), created for the 2009 Venice Biennale by Spencer Finch represents visually the precise chemical composition of moon dust, that was analyzed on the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Each light bulb stands for a ...
Moon Dust by Spencer Finch
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We feel very lucky for all the support we have had in making Urban Lightscapes a reality!
And we are delighted to announce that Urban Lightscapes was awarded a Publication Grant by NEON Foundation.
This grant will help ...
Thanks NEON!
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Some time ago we published another great project by German artists Realities:United.
Powerplants is another work we find very inspiring. Powerplants are kinetic light sculptures, designed as a catalyst for and symbol of ...
Powerplants by Realities:United
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Artist Philipp Schmitt has composed a brilliant series of images called “Location-Based Light Painting” by creating a custom-built camera flash and smartphone combo that flashed whenever he would pass by a ...
Light Painting out of geotagged photos
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