Tonight I was leaving rehearsal for a dance piece I am choreographing. I was feeling awesome and creative and excited. I rode my bike out of the school of the arts under this sign, and I was inspired to stop and take a picture for this blog! The letters for Claire Trevor School of the Arts are lit from underneath and to me this lighting makes the whole area feel completely epic at night. I include this second, close up, picture because upon further observation I noticed how the shadows of the letters appeared on the building behind the sign. The way the letters are lit make them seem as if they are floating freely in the sky. Combined with the architecture of the school of the arts, the emotion that the lighting evokes for me is epic creativity, in the silent stillness of night. Perfect. I want to go take on the world!
-Gina Carli
Tom Ruzika, one of the lighting professors at UCI lit this sign - he is a theatrical and architectural lighting designer and would love to see this post :)
ReplyDeleteNice tie of emotion to light and it's impact on the simplest of things!
I think my favorite part of this design is the shadowing. There is such a strong cut between light and shadow on the building and the letters sneak up on you. Makes me think about self esteem and personal image for some reason...
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