Spectrum II, Nite Four from The Vanderbilt Republic on Vimeo.
The Creators Project: When it comes to finding gold at the ends of rainbows, we haven't had much luck. Considering the fact that they've transformed the Gowanus subway bridge into a massive, shifting rainbow, however, finding out about creative agency Vanderbilt Republic might be the next best thing. Spectrum II is a project that takes an analog approach to projection mapping by coloring the elevated train bridge with heavy-duty stage lamps blasted through a spectrum of gels.
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This is pretty interesting on how these people made the bridge light up. They used more of a process way of creating this fun light project to come to life on a bridge. What I really appreciated about the video that they added was that they actually showed the process of how they create these lights. It just reminds me of all the basics of how light is created and use and how it's effected by certain elements. My one question has to be what was the price of all of this. I understand that this is a cool way of creating this lighting effect, but is it more expensive than just purchasing two lights they could've used? And was there a way for the viewers to go inside and see the process for themselves? This video is very interesting, however it wouldn't really mean much if I just saw the lights on the bridge and nothing else. On our CMU campus we have lights flashing all over the place and it's interesting to see, but I'm very used to it by now with our generation and how we use lighting and technology to this day.
I find it truly fascinating that there is a group of individuals out there who are exploring how light affects the world around us. and not only that but breaking the definitional standard of what we are used to seeing by using the full spectrum of color. When I see how they use the gels to show how a spectrum of color interacts with the space, I am blown away at how it transform the dull neutralized industrial color of the infrastructure of the bridge to this surface that hold endless possibilities. When I see what they are doing it reminds me that we often take the color of the world around us for granted. We are creating a world around us that lacks life; color is energy color is life. If we stopped painting the world around us in such dull colors and started making them vibrant and saturated, maybe as a society we’d be more energized and happier.
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