L.E.D. Lightscapes 2013

L. Mikelle Standbridge presents her personalized ‘documentary’ series of light-art installations, L.E.D. LIGHTSCAPES. The term L.E.D. refers both to the light source used to illuminate the majority of the works and to the name of the event held in Milan from which this photographic series is derived – Light Exhibition Design. By photographing these installations Standbridge wishes to offer a tribute to the light artists – who conceived their work to be presented in a public context  - and to the city –  who responded to contemporary needs (in terms of low-energy consumption and urban beautification) by sponsoring the event. Standbridge’s ‘collection’ of evanescent winter night scenes, exhibited in hand crafted and often one of a kind frames, has grown to include Turin’s light-artist event “Luci d’Artista”. With the photographic medium the light artists’ temporary installations can benefit from a continued presence, even if this presence is in the form of an ephemerally-impressionistic aesthetic and a singular interpretation formulated by one viewer/photographer/citizen.

“Optical Infrastructure”; light project by Carlo Bernardini (“The Light that Generates Space”) Palazzo Litta, Milan 2010

“Stellar Circuit”; light project by Mario Airò, Piazza Carignano, Turin 2013

“Aqueous Ellipses”; light project by Rebecca Horn, Convento di Santa Maria al Monte Turin 2013

“Velocipede in Orbit”; light projects by Mario Airò and Martino Gamper, Piazza Carignano, Turin 2013

“Rolling Rings of Neon”; light project by Tobias Rehberger, Piazza Bordoni, Turin 2013

“Train Station”; light projects by Alain Guilhot and Ferrovie dello Stato, Stazione Centrale/Piazza Duca D’Aosta, Milan 2010