Week 4 - Texture (Bella Keegan)

I spent a majority of this week pondering what texture could be in terms of light beyond a gobo/template. Templates, without a doubt, can give lights all different types of textures. Yet, throughout the week I wanted to try and think beyond this particular example of texture because I didn't want to be limited by my preconceived notions of texture with its relation to light. With this in mind, this week I was lucky enough to attend California Adventure's Oogie Boogie Bash. At this particular Halloween event, I got to witness what was essentially a large scale, Disney budgeted light installation. At the end of the installation, there was this gorgeous scene where dark blue lights were cast over trees and you were required to walk through an amber colored tunnel of sorts. As you can see below, it was simply gorgeous. I spent quite a while simply standing there as people shuffled by me. As I was standing there, I realized that the texture of what you may be lighting can be extremely important. The texture of the leafs of the trees below gave the light dimension, and it helped create the beautiful scene below. Furthermore, utilizing different types of lights can give even more texture as seen with the string lights that create this almost dotted texture when compared to the sweeping lights of a LEKO. Texture is pertinent in giving dimension and helping to paint reality (or fantasy), and I really enjoyed this challenge of trying to discover more to the relationship of light and texture.