Sponsored by the Department of the History of Art and Architecture and the Brown Arts Institute, we welcome you to participate in the second installment of IGNITE events in the History of Art and Architecture Department. Following the department's lecture series, "Light in Theory and Practice," we now celebrate Leo Villareal's luminous art installation at the Lindemann Center, Infinite Composition with a two-day symposium with contemporary light artists and architectural lighting designers in conversation with historians, theorists, and critics. All events take place at the Granoff Creative Art Center, 154 Angell St. Providence.
History of Art and Architecture
Light in Art and Architecture Symposium
September 27 and 28, 2024
Featuring contemporary light artists and architectural lighting designers in celebration of Leo Villareal's luminous art installation at the Lindemann Center.
Light in Art and Architecture Symposium
September 27 and 28, 2024
Featuring contemporary light artists and architectural lighting designers in celebration of Leo Villareal's luminous art installation at the Lindemann Center.
Friday, September 27, 2024
5:00 pm - Visit to see Leo Villareal's Infinite Composition. Meet outside the Lindemann Performing Arts Center, Angell St.
5:30 pm - Doors open to Martinos Auditorium, Granoff Center, 154 Angell St.
5:45 pm - Keynote conversation with Leo Villareal and Paul Goldberger
7:15 pm - Reception
7:30-8 pm - Optional: Public art tour led by Charles Usadi '25. Meet at the Granoff vestibule on Angel Street.
Saturday, September 28, 2024
9:30 am - Coffee and light breakfast
10:00 am - Anthony McCall in conversation with Paul Myoda
11:00 am - Grimanesa Amorós in conversation with Butch Rovan
Noon - Break for lunch
1:30 pm - Jamie Carpenter in conversation with Kent Kleinman
2:30 pm - OVI: Office for Visual Interaction (Jean Sundin & Enrique Peiniger) in conversation with Dietrich Neumann
3:30 pm - Roundtable Discussion with all artists and designers
As part of the Brown Art Institute's IGNITE series, this symposium celebrates Leo Villareal's LED light sculpture Infinite Composition in the Nelson Atwater Lobby at The Lindemann. In a conversation with prominent architecture critic Paul Goldberger on Friday, September 27, 2024, Leo Villareal will place his work at Brown University in the larger context of his oeuvre and examine the potential of artificial light as it transforms architecture.
On the following day, Saturday, September 28, 2024, four of today's most prominent light artists and lighting designers will present examples of their practice as it enhances, modifies, and interprets architecture or creates ephemeral and transitory spaces in their own right. Anthony McCall, Grimanesa Amoros, Jamie Carpenter and Jean Sundin & Enrique Peiniger of OVI, will present their work and discuss it with a Brown faculty member and the audience. A roundtable discussion at the end will explore the future of art and technology.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/62mGvJglhUU
Interview with Leo Villareal
On 9/27 at 5 pm in Martinos Aud, Villereal and critic Paul Goldberger will give the keynote conversation of the Light in Art & Architecture Symposium.