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Fetishizing Incandescents

A recent post on a production-related website talked about the gradual shift toward LEDs and fluorescent lighting as a double-edged sword – citing the uncomfortableness of the spectral qualities of fluorescent and LED light as a reason that people will simply leave areas lit with these sources and seek out full(er)-spectrum lighting such as daylight or incandescent. The article offers some of the standard arguments I’ve read over the years about why we like incandescent lighting, its relationship to the spectrum of firelight, and how an office lit with 5,550 Kelvin fluorescents feels totally different than daylight at 5,550 Kelvin daylight. This is where the author and I agree, perhaps for different reasons. I personally despise fluorescent lighting, especially the… Read More »Fetishizing Incandescents

Pixel Dance Show – Woah, Dude

Pixel (Link is in French, which I do not speak.) is a an interactive dance event that uses projection-mapping to create some very impressive illusions. It bills itself as “a work on illusion combining energy and poetry, fiction and technical achievement, hip hop and circus” and from the video below, I’d say that “technical achievement” is a bit of an understatement: Pixel – extraits from Adrien M / Claire B on Vimeo. I don’t have the technical details, but my guess is that this is done with a system that tracks the actors in conjunction with some pretty tight timing. My favorite moment occurs at around 1:11, when the projection appears to “fall”. A wonderful example of combing digital art… Read More »Pixel Dance Show – Woah, Dude