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Lighting designer Dave Bryant (DB) won a 2006 Lighting Design
Award for his stunning site specific work, “The Storr - Unfolding Landscape”.
The coveted Awards are sponsored by leading architectural publication “Lighting”
magazine, and The Storr was the first winner of their new Entertainment
category.
The project – for Scottish environmental arts organization nva Arts – involved
the design of an eco-friendly lighting installation for 8 weeks of live
promenade performance highlighting the breathtaking darkness of The Storr
Footpath on the beautiful Isle of Skye.
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DB comments “I was surprised to be nominated let alone to win the Award! It’s
fantastic that such an unusual project should receive such an accolade”.
The project led to Avolites developing a new rechargeable battery powered dimmer
which then went into production as the 12 Volt ART-DC dimmer. The project also
utilised an extensive Avolites eDMX radio data system to control lighting
fixtures scattered across the side of a mountain, and an Avolites Pearl lighting
desk – situated 1.5 Km away from the furthest fixture it was controlling. DB has
always been a fan of Avolites and he and the company have enjoyed a long and
fruitful relationship spanning many years.
The 2006 Lighting Design Awards – which recognizes the most
innovative and creative use of lighting in all types of environments – took
place at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel, and was attended by over 700 lighting
industry professionals and key practitioners.
The new Entertainment category is a joint enterprise with PLASA which Lighting
Magazine’s Editor Ray Malony sees as “Part of the growth of the LD Awards
themselves and the increased crossover and cross fertilization between
entertainment and architectural lighting”. He comments that The Storr project,
was “One of the most inspirational schemes we saw this year, and I was really
impressed with the scale, ambition and execution. It also shows what can be
achieved by lighting in terms of creating a real atmosphere, and the attention
to detail was excellent”.
The Entertainment category judges were all experts in the field. They called the
project “an awesome undertaking” and praised the scheme for its respect for the
majesty of the environment and in overcoming technical obstacles with lateral
thinking to create a unique and enchanting environment with light”
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