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Illuminating Urban Landscapes through Public Art
Light possesses the remarkable ability to revolutionise our perception of the world. When incorporated into public art, it has the power to transform the way we view a city, unveiling fresh perspectives and accentuating the allure of its architecture and public spaces.
By harnessing the potential of light to illuminate our urban landscapes, we foster a more dynamic and inclusive cityscape, unlocking new avenues for creativity, engagement, and wayfinding.
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Tilt has provided support to a number of artists throughout the conceptualisation, development, and execution of lighting public artworks that seamlessly integrate with the urban environment. Whether these installations are permanent or transient, we firmly believe that successful lighting public artworks not only respond to their surroundings but also influence them, stimulating fresh community perceptions, fostering unique experiences, and encouraging interaction.
Tim Phillips, Managing Director and Creative Director of Tilt, states, “Our comprehensive design and delivery service ensures the artist’s vision is realised, striking a harmonious balance between functionality, durability, and materiality. Drawing upon our expertise as industrial designers, we possess the specific knowledge required to develop artwork concepts through detailed design, manufacturing and installation. Our approach focuses on maintaining the artistic vision while aligning with broader commercial considerations, creating effective and efficient methods to deliver optimal artistic outcomes for our clients and end-users.”
Here is a selection of lighting public artworks that Tilt has successfully helped bring to life, seamlessly navigating the entire process from concept development to meticulous design, fabrication, installation, and commissioning.
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Enhancing the Nighttime Experience
Interwoven, Ormonde Parade by Artist Lawrence Liang
Interwoven is a captivating series of LED neon tubes intricately tangled together. Each neon trail symbolises a significant corridor of connectivity found within the Georges River Local Government Area, including waterways, arterial roads, railways, and bus routes.
This remarkable artwork enriches the nighttime experience of the transport hub, providing commuters a heightened sense of engagement throughout their commute.
The lighting programming and colours employed in Interwoven are divided into three distinct stages: past, present, and future. The past stage represents the serene undulations of the Georges River, evoking a sense of tranquillity and nostalgia. The present stage symbolises the diverse pathways available to us in our lives, emphasising the choices we make and the journeys we embark upon. Finally, the future stage emerges as an unrestrained symphony of vibrant colours, offering a glimpse into the limitless possibilities and wonders that lie ahead.
Overall, Interwoven serves as a mesmerising visual representation of the interconnectedness and vitality of the Georges River Local Government Area, while simultaneously providing an immersive and captivating experience for all who encounter it.
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Interwoven, Ormonde Parade, by Artist Lawrence Liang. Photo credit - Ben Tang -
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Fostering Creativity and Innovation
Gravitational Grid by Reelize Studio
An exploration of the phenomenon of gravity through media art and dynamic lighting design.
REELIZE.STUDIO, a rapidly emerging Media Art & Design ensemble that specialises in experiential, multi-sensory and immersive work, collaborated with Tilt to help bring to life a large-scale media monument titled ‘Gravitational Grid’ for Vivid Sydney.
The work explores “the phenomenon of gravity as a governing force that binds existence throughout the universe. Through light, sound and a multi-sensory narrative, the sculpture draws us together and speculatively captures the alternative trajectories in the life cycle of stars”.
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Earth Deities by Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran
A monumental multi-limbed contemporary sculpture by day, dramatic light show by night. Earth Deities is a large-scale temporary sculptural form that links the artist Ramesh Nithiyendran’s cultural background to contemporary culture.
The 8m tall ‘multi-limbed avatar’ provided a dramatic light show for Vivid Sydney 2022. The avatar, draped and surrounded by a range of production style lighting providing for a spectacular night time transformation.
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Gravitational Grid, Vivid Sydney, by Reelize Studio -
Earth Deities, Vivid Sydney 2022, by Artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran -
Creating a Sense of Place
Place to Place, Curtin University by Artist Warren Langley
A series of nodal artworks which complement the choreography of pedestrian movement. By day, the glass surface functions as reflective mirrors creating continual dialogue between the viewer, the landscape and the built environment, while at night, the glass surface exudes a soft coloured glow functioning as wayfinding elements through the University campus.
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Place to Place, Curtin University, by Artist Warren Langley -
Highlighting the beauty of architecture
Sea Mirror, One Central Park by Lighting Artist Yann Kersalé
Recognised as one of the world’s best tall buildings, the hovering cantilever that crowns One Central Park is the focal point for an enchanting assembly of motorised and fixed mirrors that reflect sunlight throughout the site during the day.
After dark, the cantilever turns into a canvas for a public art installation ‘Sea Mirror’ that presents interpretations of Sydney’s landscape in the sky. Described as a chandelier for the city, the heliostat reflectors transform into a theatrical lighting display illuminating the towers. Tilt collaborated with international lighting artist Yann Kersalé to create the integrated LED lighting system made up of 2880 individual LED nodes with each node containing six LEDs.
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