with Simon Niedenthal seminar on Monday november 4
10.15-12.00 - E 0103

Documents of Light: Three Case Studies and a Preliminary Classification System
Abstract
The proposed area of Documentation studies offers a useful framework for the consideration of transdisciplinary subjects that do not respond fully to critical theories currently prevailing in the humanities. This paper will apply a documentation approach to the study of light by examining case studies drawn from theatre, architecture and computer science. Scholars, scientists and lighting practitioners create and employ documents that encode illumination knowledge, which can be understood as the simulation or manipulation of light to a particular end. A model encompassing the human body in illuminated space will be suggested as a means of document classification, and different media will be interrogated to suggest the sort of visual arguments and artifacts that can be constructed to demonstrate and communicate illumination knowledge.
 
Simon Niedenthal
Senior Lecturer
Malmö University
School of Art and Communications (K3)