Concept and technical designer for the NVA project ‘Speed of Light’ that premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival as part of the Cultural Olympiad. The event has since gone on to tour Japan and Germany.
The event involved 120 runners wearing bespoke light suits and 800 audience members with bespoke light sticks per night over a two week long run, creating a mesmerizing pattern on the Edinburgh Skyline.
The design role encompassed concept and technical design and manufacturing liaison of all the light suit and light stick production, and visual and experience design of the audience experience and infrastructure.
photo credit © Christian Nielinger
The first prototype light suit.
photo credit © James Johnson
photo credit © Alan McAteer
Audience with illuminated sticks that formed part of the performance. The sticks included a sound device that at a specific altitude play a composition created by the Resonate Orchestra.
photo credit © Euan Myles
photo credit © Ross Aitken
photo credit © Amano Studio
Light suit preparation before a performance.
photo credit © Sean Bell
Light suit preparation detail.
photo credit © Alan McAteer