Medical Myth

Did you know that common perception that reading in dim light ruins your eyesight is a medical myth!

Sketch Series One

We hope that you have started your Sketch Series One:

Choose an interior place that you will record through the whole semester. Observe how light changes throughout the day. Observe how light changes through the seasons from winter to spring to summer. Note how the space ‘feels’ or ‘works’. Sketch your observations; study the change in light, shadows, color, texture, activities in this space.

Document this place once every two weeks (every week is better!) close to the following days from the same viewpoint/s: January 19, February 2, February 16, March 1, March 15, March 29, April 12, April 26.

Light Quotes

Colors are the deeds and sufferings of light: Goethe

We are all light-eaters! : James Turrell

Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation: James Turrell

Use the light that is within you to regain your natural clearness of sight: Lao-Tzu

Light Model

After the visit to the Natural Science Center and from your understanding of light so far, design an interior space 12’x12’x12’ in volume.

Determine the functional use of this space best suited to the lighting quality. Make a physical model of this space (at least 1’=1” scale) to be exhibited in the Studio Arts Building. This model should allow one to observe/ inspect/ examine the lighting effects inside the model.

Post process images from your light model as you start working on it.

Interior Lighting Design

Light Revealing Experience:

Think of ways light has shaped your experience of a space. Select an image that moved/ inspired/ intrigued/ awed you.

(The selections can be viewed on the links to your blogs on the right)