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Our lighting design for the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth has won the prize in the Public Buildings category in this year’s Lighting Design Awards, held at the London Hilton hotel, Park Lane, on 20 March 2014. Many thanks to the all of the judges and to the Mary Rose Trust for making this happen.
Last week, we spent a few days lighting the new temporary exhibition in the Pavilion at Southampton’s Sea City Museum: Ship to Shore. This exhibition explores the many different ways that artists have engaged with seas & oceans, using a variety of media and techniques. Works from (among others) Tacita Dean, Tracy Emin, Susan Hiller, Steffi Klenz, Richard Long, and Yinka Shonibare MBE are exhibited alongside historic paintings including La Vague by Gustav Courbet. The exhibition is unusual in that it is actually spread over two sites, with the other part being shown at the John Hansard Gallery, a short bus ride away.
The exhibition represents our continuing relationship with Sea City, as DHA originally provided the architectural and exhibition lighting for the refurbished building that now houses the permanent Titanic exhibition, as well as changing exhibitions on Southampton’s relationship with the sea.
The Ben Franklin Museum in Philadelphia
The Benjamin Franklin Museum is the subject of an article on the Museum + Heritage website this month. Not only is the unique nature of the man discussed, giving rise to a fascinating exhibition about life in Revolutionary America, but also the level of Anglo-American co-operation required to make the project come to fruition. We worked with Casson Mann on this project, and the American curators, Remer & Talbott.
The January 2014 edition of Mondo Arc magazine features an interview with Peter Fordham and an technology article by Panos Andrikopoulos on solid state lighting and control. Our thanks to Olivia Collette and the Mondo Arc editorial team.
Concrete Carpet. Artist: Nada Debs
DHA were delighted to continue their relationship with the V&A Design Dept with this exciting exhibition of contemporary art. The Jameel Prize showcases 10 artists work (drawn from 270 entries), with materials ranging from concrete to fabric to spices. The lighting had to bring out the best in the individual works whilst making the space work as whole.
Two vastly different ‘carpets’ dominate the floor space of the gallery: one in concrete by Nada Debs which shows beautiful engraved lettering, and one that recreates floor tiles but made entirely of spices by Laurent Mareschal. The winning entry was Dice Kayek for three garments called Istanbul Contrast.
More information on their winning entry and all of the shortlisted artists can be found on the V&A website here