Light
Design
I
took the score of John Cage's Imaginary landscape IV (for
42 records) and expanded the duration to 60 minutes while keeping
the proportions of crescendos and decrescendos. I then randomly
picked 42 spots and assigned them to each one of the records
in the score. A music score turned into a light score.
Light
gently grew in the least expected places, very slowly. Sometimes
pointing down and bouncing off the floor, sometimes pointing
up and revealing the iron skeleton of the empty stage. Occasionally
one light grows too strong and the whole audience is blinded
for a good five minutes. And then, very slowly, it dies and darkness
clings on to everything again.
Present
productions of this show keep the same light environment but
there are options to cut down on the amount of equipment required.
There are several versions depending on the amount of equipment
I can get my hands on and the set-up time available. One uses
42 candles, another one uses torches, a third one uses domestic
lamps, another one uses Christmas lights and a last version combines
all the previous and some more.
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