You are almost there!
A series of lighting installations integrated into the architecture of the new transborder and international jetties at Montréal Airport.
Category:
Visual Arts Events
What:
| Audience | | All Ages |
Profile
Well known in the world of performance, the Montréal-based Axel Morgenthaler is one of the most innovative lighting designers around. He has created a versatile ambience for the Montréal-Trudeau corridors that witness the arrival of some three million visitors per year. The works depict passengers in transit with a touch of colour and technological innovation from the moment they deplane right up to their arrival in the Canada Customs hall.
"You are almost there!" consists of 29 computer-controlled tubes of light (LED technology). Images taken by the artist are mixed with video sequences, then translated into the programming language that controls the lights. The result is a dynamic piece that yields remarkable effects such as waves of light; and each season, the programming will be changed to create new plays of light, thus providing passers-by with a diverting work of art that's constantly self-renewing.
About Axel Morgenthaler
The quality of his work combined with his many-sided interests have led Mr. Morgenthaler to work with such renowned choreographers as Édouard Lock, Marie Chouinard and Ginette Laurin, along with eminent theatre directors such as Robert Lepage, Gilles Maheu and Wajdi Mouawad. He has also contributed to opera, television and museum projects.
For a number of years, his interests have focused on architecture, notably building lighting, work which garnered him an award for lighting design from the International Engineering Society (IES) in 2004. He also won an International Illumination Design Award from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) in 2005 for his architectural lighting of the Hôtel Auberge St. Antoine in Québec City.
"You are almost there!" consists of 29 computer-controlled tubes of light (LED technology). Images taken by the artist are mixed with video sequences, then translated into the programming language that controls the lights. The result is a dynamic piece that yields remarkable effects such as waves of light; and each season, the programming will be changed to create new plays of light, thus providing passers-by with a diverting work of art that's constantly self-renewing.
About Axel Morgenthaler
The quality of his work combined with his many-sided interests have led Mr. Morgenthaler to work with such renowned choreographers as Édouard Lock, Marie Chouinard and Ginette Laurin, along with eminent theatre directors such as Robert Lepage, Gilles Maheu and Wajdi Mouawad. He has also contributed to opera, television and museum projects.
For a number of years, his interests have focused on architecture, notably building lighting, work which garnered him an award for lighting design from the International Engineering Society (IES) in 2004. He also won an International Illumination Design Award from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) in 2005 for his architectural lighting of the Hôtel Auberge St. Antoine in Québec City.
