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HELMRINDERKNECHT
contemporary design gallery Berlin
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CH-8002 Zürich
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Special thanks to the judges and to Bombay Sapphire.

Each month they invite lighting designers to create a one page artwork that describes their inspiration as a designer. My page is based on the custom colour wheel which is the heart of X&Y. I am mainly inspired by experiences and emotion then physical things so each colour pixel in the colour wheel is mapped to a corresponding picture of my travels, projects or things I like.

Click here for the link to the final work. It is out now!

Address: Ventura Lambrate Collective Location, Via Privata Massimiano, 6, 20134 Milan, Italy

Opening Party: 13th April @ 7pm.

The polished brass base contains all the LED’s and technology and is not connected to the the hand-blown opal glass sphere. The sphere simply sits on the base and is supported by a ring of felt. It can then be rolled in any direction to determine the intensity and colour of the light.

Warm and cool white tones, along with the full colour spectrum are achievable. The user can select the brightness and direction of the light and then rotate the sphere to choose the desired colour. The object takes its name from the X&Y axes - the horizontal “X” axis controls the colour and the vertical “Y” axis the brightness.

X&Y, the White / Gold edition, is entirely handmade and produced in a strictly limited edition of 8+2AP, each individually signed and numbered. Measurements: ∅ 500×545 mm.

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This exhibition, entitled “White/Gold”, is a limited edition series of 8 pieces + 2 A.P. Each product will be made with hand blown opal/ white glass and a brightly polished golden base in brass.

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We will run a satellite office in Berlin to be closer to European clients.

If you are in Berlin please let us know, we’d love to hear from you.

The Perth studio will continue to operate and Flynn will move between the 2.

This connection to different cities and time zones is a source of inspiration.

My project concept was to create huge clouds of light rising from the church. This would evoke a sense of mystery and create an experience which was something greater than light could achieve on it’s own. It would create a link between the living city and the surrounding cemetery.

Flowing light and smoke generating from the church created a very eery, visual installation.

Here the public was invited to interact via their mobile device or iPhone from either inside the gallery or from the street when the gallery was closed.

Horizon has always been about being able to interact and effect the surrounding architectural space. This idea was the most effective here due to the full height glazing of the gallery. It was visible in the centre of Frankfurt from up to 500m away.

Thanks to all our sponsors and everyone who helped make these installations a reality.

Download Press release here.

I was picked as the winner from over 175 entries worldwide.

The project is to design a temporary (and creative) lighting scheme for the historic St. Peter’s Church in the centre of Frankfurt. The realised design will be open to the public from the 11th – 16th April 2010 as part of the Luminale festival.

My design “Portal” creates a link between the living city and the cemetery that surrounds the Church. The concept is based on a large cloud of light radiating out from the top of the St. Peter’s Church. It’s as if a piece of sky has fallen and landed on the tower.

Perth based music producer Synapsis has created an amazing soundscape solely for the Portal installation. We are working hard to create a very unique experience.

As Horizon is already confirmed for Luminale, I now have 2 projects in the same festival.

11th – 28th April 2010.

Opening night – 14th April 8pm

Sponsored by: Traxon & Extenzo

We re-developed Horizon from the ground up as a live video feed. The audience was then able to use their iPhone or web device to login and choose their own colour combinations. I wasn’t sure it was right to develop a lighting installation into a video installation.

I was very pleased with the results.

Login to www.flynntalbot.com/horizon on your mobile device at the show to participate and create your own Horizon colour scheme.

Address: Northbridge Piazza, corner of Lake and James St, Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia.

Dates:

23/01/2010 9:30pm – 10:30pm

30/01/2010 9:30pm – 10:30pm

06/02/2010 9.30pm – 10.30pm

13/02/2010 9.30pm – 10.30pm

20/02/2010 9.30pm – 10.30pm

27/02/2010 10.00pm – 11.00pm

06/03/2010 9.30pm – 10.30pm

Horizon was re-designed for the exhibition to be more interactive and allow more audience control. I used a wireless touch screen device this time to give a more tactile experience to the interaction.

Horizon re-creates sky scenes from my favourite time of day, twilight. After the sun sets, daylight drops. The scenery becomes black, leaving a soft gradient of colour reaching up into the sky. Horizon takes this moment and re-makes it as an ever changing light show. The audience is invited to interact with the piece to create their own individual sky inspired scenes.

This was the first in a series of exhibitions for Horizon around the world.