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Glow 2011 - Eindhoven (Netherlands)

Glow 2011 Eindhoven 12/11/2011 22h16
Project: Michel Suk en Bart van Dongen / Beauty of stagnation
Location: TU/e en Kennispoort

On the TU/e campus and surrounding area lighting designer Michel Suk fully lightens different buildings and landscape elements. Large-scale installations slowly change color or reveal patterns which alternately show chaos and order. Because the light programs are linked together, the overall view is impressive. Visitors walk through a landscape of light and color in which vistas and sight lines continuously cause other images. To mark the 120 year anniversary of Philips the concern supports this project of Michel Suk. His work seamlessly connect to the Philips theme of ‘Livable Cities’.

Absolute eye-catcher in this large installation is the building of Kennispoort. This is the scenery for a co-production of Michel Suk and composer Bart van Dongen. Accompanied by a wind instruments ensemble and electronics a choir of 150 to 200 singers performs a new composition by Bart van Dongen. By using projections Michel Suk provides for a powerful visual counterweight. Because Van Dongen and Suk have worked together from the start lighting and sound are integrated beautifully.

Both images and music of Beauty of stagnation are based on the Fibonacci number sequence, which describes growth processes in nature. In both media small entities accumulate to large and complex constructions. For example the projection of a line develops into a tree structure or a color into a fine mosaic. The words and sounds of the music composition evolve gradually into extensive rhythms and tunes.
This project was adopted by PHILIPS.

Glow
GLOW – International Forum of Light in Art and Architecture
Eindhoven 2011 I 6th Edition I ‘Illusion and reality’.
Due to the dedication of CityDynamiek Eindhoven, from November, 5th to 12th, 2011, the city center of Eindhoven turns again into a forum of interventions, installations, performances and events based on the phenomena of artificial light.

The Subject 2011: ‘Illusion and reality’

Eindhoven is a city of many aspects, it changes between day and night
between being open and insular, between dense architecture and
green open spaces between light and a dark. What one moment
seems a peaceful garden, becomes if twilight falls, a decor of eerie
shadows. What could be perceived as a romantic bridge during the day
or a chilly bicycle tunnel, in the evening, becomes a beacon of light or
a maze of color.
What is the illusion and what is the reality, or where does art begin
and reality end ?
Or is Eindhoven’s reality already an art in itself? GLOW 2011 aims
to show a multitude of these aspects in a route which connects two
pivotal institutions celebrating their anniversary this year, respectively
the Technical University Eindhoven’s (TU/e) 55th anniversary and the
Van Abbemuseum’s 75th anniversary. In doing so, let us wisely meet in
the middle of illusion and reality, because if Eindhoven embodies truly
creativity both necessary.

GLOW 2011
Illusion and reality you would call an ephemeral theme.
It touches on notions like flair and discovery, searching for knowledge and
the imperceptible creative passion of humans beings, something that is not
(yet) known, let alone seen.
Where science and art meet, light is an essential intangible building block.
And it is that connective light that GLOW 2011 wants the public to experience.
The route this years’ net casts is roughly divided into two parts.
On the one hand, there is the well-known urban environment of the
18 September Square, the Market Square and the Town Hall square; places
where concrete and intense contemporary urbanity set the tone and where
artists with firm statements break thought the advertising, street lighting
and consumerism.
On the other hand there are the intimate, romantic banks of the river Dommel
and the lush green spaces around one of the most beautiful campuses in the Netherlands.
It is not easy for artists to add that the impressive context without using
dramatic light. Is it reality or illusion, the magic middle where the two meet?
Who knows? But above all, does it matter?
If you can enjoy the experience you can consider the things you thought you knew and learn just a little bit different more from the realms of the unknown.

[ Source: www.gloweindhoven.nl ]

Taken in: Nederland / Noord-Brabant / Eindhoven (show map)

Taken on: November 12, 2011

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