Light design: the best illumination of Moscow from RVA

Moscow is well prepared for the New Yearholidays, and the best specialists in the field of urban lighting helped her in this. If you have not yet had time to walk the streets of the capital, etk-fashion.com, together with an expert in the field of light installations Ivan Ostroukhov, will show you some noteworthy examples of light magic.This year, the light illumination of the capital deserves special attention - the streets of Moscow have never shone like this the number of all kinds of festive lights. Today the leading producer of the Russian Visual Artists company will demonstrate some of the creations of the Russian lighting design industry especially for etk-fashion.com. Russian Visual Artists Russian Visual Artists (RVA) is a creative team that combines a visionary approach to design and the latest technologies in their work. RVA is one of the pioneers and most famous collectives in the field of multimedia art and art installations. RVA's field of activity includes video mapping, light, LED and interactive installations, media facades, computer vision, motion graphics, 2D and 3D animation, and stage design. russianvisualartists.ru Cube The LED cube, created by designers from the Russian Visual Artists company, consists of more than 25,000 LED elements, and the height of the structure reaches ten meters. The peculiarity of this illumination is that it is three-dimensional: LEDs are not only built into the edges of the cube - they also fill it from the inside. This design and engineering solution allowed for amazing animation. But, as they say, it's better to see once ... Skating rink Amazing and bold lighting solutionUrbanists from RVA - Install LEDs directly underwater. It is bold because there were great risks when installing the original under-ice lighting technology: our designers were the first (well, or at least one of the first) who decided to take such a step. And an amazing decision - because 33,000 controllable LED clusters were under the ice. Sounds intriguing, doesn't it? We managed to talk with an expert in the fieldlight urbanism by Ivan Ostroukhov. Especially for etk-fashion.com Ivan spoke about lighting design and the role it (design) plays in Russia today. Ivan Ostroukhov Ivan Ostroukhov is an expert in the segment of light installations and video mapping. Today Ivan is the leading producer of the Russian Visual Artists company. russianvisualartists.ru Ivan Ostroukhov about light design and not only - What place, in your opinion, does light design take in art today? - For most people, vision is the main source of information about the world around them. This fact, as well as the undeniable spectacularity of light illumination, has long put light design at one of the pinnacles of contemporary art. - What is the future of Russian urban lighting? What is missing, what would you like to implement? - Of course, there is not enough human interaction. I think this applies to everything from interactive media facades and artistic lighting of buildings to small installations. The possibility of two-way communication is another step that Russian urban studies have just begun to take. - Why has light design gained such popularity lately? - Lighting design opens the door to art for "techies", and this allows you to look at things in an appropriate way. If earlier the humanities were considered the engines and ideological inspirers of art (in a broad sense), then in the segment of light urbanism one cannot do without the look of an engineer. In addition, lighting design is very technological, and technology always attracts people.