Okay, so whenever I take a picture of a celestial body, I swear that technology conspires against me to mute how spectacular balls of burning gas actually are. Anyway, I took this on my way to school (lavender sky pic #2). I found it intrigued by the color of the sun, how the sky and the clouds seemed to filter it into cold colors. It reminds me of shadow puppeteering in Bali. There is a light source behind a screen and silhouetted puppets tell a story in shadow. This evokes a sense of mystery and playfulness. I would love to do a silhouette dance using this form of light (like Mlondi did with Celeste) where we stack up on each other to make new shapes. A perfect example : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKHP1usw0wQ
Interesting photo and ties to the dance piece in YouTube
ReplyDeleteSilhouette can be so powerful in theatre to evoke mystery and to illuminate form in a pure sense
Nice sense of color
That video is fantastic and a great example of how simple lighting choices are sometimes the most powerful choice a lighting designer can make for certain pieces. I know I sometimes feel that I have to make changes to the lighting if we have stayed in a look for so long but this shows how sticking with a very stylized and bold choice made the dance so much more. The use of silhouette really drew our attention to the shape of the body, and how the dancer could control that shape. I really got a sense of story telling through the dance and the lighting effects. GREAT FIND!
ReplyDeleteWOW! That moon dance!! Amazing!! Thanks for sharing!
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