Showlight has announced the first of its speakers who will present Papers in May 2025.
The selection draws from a mixture of lighting disciplines covering site-specific installations, mixed lighting challenges, product innovation and circus spectaculars with speakers, new and familiar, travelling to Dijon to be part of at this exceptional networking quadrennial.
The lineup includes:
The Magic of Cirque du Soleil where Mikki Kunttu will explain how he turns magic into reality as the lighting & set designer and programmer for a number of spectacular Cirque du Soleil shows.
The Power of Light where Anne Militello will examine how lighting techniques used today to stir emotional reactions, date back centuries to when man first incorporated light into ritual. From narratives based on mythology and science, these techniques were later adapted with technology to induce awe, ecstasy and fear as a more efficient way to exert power and control.
Though Dusk into Darkness: Simon Corder will present some musings on design practice, working with daylight becoming night, the natural marriage of set and lighting design, long-throw follow spots, and not being fully in control using his work at the Hedeland Arena in Denmark as an example.
MAYRIT. Light and Vibration which sees Ezequiel Nobili, from the Spanish lighting association (AAI) will engage us with a site-specific work for the LuzMadrid 2023 Festival which used olfactory, tactile, visual and auditory devices to create a multisensory experience to leave a lasting mark in the memory of the audience.
The Role of Dynamic Lighting in Two Iconic Milanese Sites: The Cathedral and the Shoah Memorial: Marco Miglioli examines how lighting in architecture transcends the mere function of illuminating spaces, changing and guiding visitors through their journey.
Creating Light Without Electricity sees David Gray take attendees on a journey through fictitious worlds where the original IP has no ‘electricity’, bring us custom character fixtures created for the Smurfs, Kung Fu Panda and Shrek, and finish with the construction challenges and recent control upgrade of the 1000 exterior strobe installation on the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.
The Showlight Papers Committee continues to work its way through an entertaining swathe of submissions. If you have an idea or a project to present, Drop Showlight a brief outline here: papers@showlight.org
