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2006
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Jason Robbins
, Winnipeg, Canada
Jason was awarded a grant to further his investigations into the ways a sighted person and a visually impaired person perceive and move through the same space.
In the fourth instance since its inception in 1992, the Richard Kelly Award was presented to
Howard M. Brandston
, founding partner of brandston partnership inc., and past president of the IESNA, in recognition of his ongoing commitment to lighting education.
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2003
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Jeffery Porter Boynton, LC
Jeffrey was awarded a grant for his continued research and application of sustainable lighting design that considers the social and ecological impact, going beyond energy efficiency.
The work submitted represented past and present projects. The project was submitted in three parts; a portfolio of past work, a videotape of a theatre performance (TRIBE), and concept renderings of his current project with the Center for Creative Communications ( CCC ). The portfolio exemplifies an earlier philosophy of a design focused around a singular concept. As Jeffrey's work matured, we recognize the potential lighting has in raising consciousness to bring about social change in TRIBE, a performance showing the Native American artist in both contemporary and traditional roles, h used the latest t in intelligent lighting to amplify this duality.
Today, Jeffrey's purpose of design is to develop social awareness and integrate an ecological consciousness through interaction with light. The current project with CCC is a light sculpture. CCC fosters organic relationships between groups who share sustainable resources, socially conscious practices and an open exchange of information. They will be erecting a portable thirty-foot dome as their networking base, where he will be constructing a spider web made out of luminous fiber that will attach to the ceiling, raising awareness towards CCC 's mission and providing illumination for nighttime activities. The installation will further interest in sustainability by operating from a solar and wind rechargeable battery system.
Katherine Bennett
Katherine Bennett received a grant for her efforts in addressing the interconnections of society and its environment through the use of interactive art and light.
Among her projects, FIREFLIGHTS, which will be an outdoor interactive light installation that is proposed to take place on the border of Toledo, OH and Lake Erie. An unusual place for art, the event will be held on the beach waterfront and at night. It will be geared toward children and anyone interested in taking part in the one night event. FIREFLIGHTS will be 150 glow-in-the-dark kites flown by various people within a defined area to create a moving field of shapes and lines. Each person will have an active and crucial part in the success of the installation and will bring people together by a universal experience or art and play.
Metaphorically each kite is individual and important within it's own right. It will be flown by an individual and will take it's own path and direction in the sky. As an inclusive entity, the kite creates a lighted environment that will be visually stunning. Together, these kits and the individuals flying them will build to form a larger and greater experience.
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2002
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Jonah Feeman: Light Sculptures
Over the past five years Jonah Freeman has been working with light both as a physical property and as a theatrical device. The work manifests itself as sculptures that simulate metropolitan interiors and cinematic environments.
Architectural elements such as rooms, ceilings, corridors and floors are used as containers for different qualities of light. Fluorescent, incandescent and theatrical fixtures are used to construct various theatrical situations. Spectators are invited to move through the light experiencing the theatrical times and places.
A recently completed project is a 17'x17'x8' mirrored labyrinth commissioned by the Public Art Fund for The Brooklyn Public Library. Inside the labyrinth are 16 different lighting scenarios. In certain sections the lights fade and fluctuate as if to give the experience of the changing of scenes.
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Margaret Maile
Richard Kelly: American Architectural Lighting Design From Philip Johnson's Glass House toSeagram's Glass Box (1948-1958)
Architectural lighting design has long been overlooked in histories of design and architecture. In her work, Margaret Maile has brought attention to this area through the examination of a tenyear period in the career of one of America's foremost architectural lighting designers of the mid-century era, Richard Kelly (1910-1977).
Closely examining several pivotal projects, her work focuses on Kelly's role in defining the look of American architecture in the mid-century period.Three projects, produced during the crucial period of 1948-1958, exemplify Kelly's contribution to International Style architecture in America. In her analysis of the design development, she emphasizes the collaborative nature of these projects.
She hopes this work will open a dialogue for furtherdiscussion and scholarship into the historically invisible profession of architectural lighting design.
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2001
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Yuiko Kobayashi: Children's Light
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2000
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Carlos Inclan
Carlos Inclan's project featured an unusual application of dichroic glass filters. His project for Colorwheel, a computer graphics firm, involved working with the architect and client to turn one wall of each elevator cab into a special, corporate identity-defining element, with light. Each cab was fitted with dichroic filters in one of three primary colors and the dichro-ports were illuminated with fiberoptics to save space. The combination of viewing angle and dichroic coating accounts for an ever-changing color shift.
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Brad Koerner
In Brad Koerner's submission, he studied the use of electroluminescent and phosphorescent materials and how these materials could be integrated into standard building materials, such as concrete, wood, glass, etc. His project explored the aesthetic implications of flexible, stacked organic light emitting diodes (SOLEDs), and how these materials can be used as flexible, cloth-like luminous display panels. These materials provide unprecedented new methods with which to infuse architecture with digital media and interactivity.
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