Published on: June 27, 2009
As the last in the Citation series of Lumen Awards 2009 we present New York City Waterfalls project for which the Lighting Design was done by Jaros, Baum & Bolles.
The desigers sent us their description which follows below:
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One of the most ambitious works for the NYC Public Art Fund to date, the NYC Waterfalls temporarily transformed the city’s shorelines into a nighttime visual and kinetic ‘event’.
Designed to mimic “Moonlight” in both color and affect, arrays of white LED’s were blended and designed optically to accentuate the falling water and point of river entry, while eliminating the source from the multitude of nighttime-spectator viewing angles.
In addition, the lighting liberated each waterfall from its ambient cityscape, creating a distinct nighttime spectacle to support each waterfall.
“Sometimes lighting requires conviction and perseverance. “This was no exception in convincing the artist that the project needed artificial lighting to fulfill his vision,” said Mehl.
Posted by: Mitja Prelovsek
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Who was the artist who created these fantastic waterfalls?
It might be worth crediting the author more clearly no? It’s not “NYC Waterfalls by Jaros, Baum & Bolles”, but “NYC Waterfalls lighting by Jaros, Baum & Bolles”.
Hi Charles,
Your point is valid, however as you might have noticed, this is a lighting magazine and all of the titles presented here have the same template. Name of the project by the author of the lighting. I would find it hard to believe that a reader wouldn’t recognise that with ‘by’ we mean the author of the lighting only, not the author of the whole project. The author of the project is Olafur Eliasson by the way.
Best,
Mitja
Thanks for the clarification of the authorship.