From U2, to R.E.M., and David Bowie, lighting director and former Vancouverite Bruce Ramus returns home in March to talk art, light, and the future of our cities.
Bruce Ramus. Photo by Mark Dickson Photography.
During the week of March 11-15, in partnership with the Australian Council for the Arts, Tourism Vancouver, The Museum of Vancouver, and HCMA Architecture + Design, Bruce Ramus travels from Melbourne to his home country to explore art, technology, and illumination in collaboration with business, design, and community leaders in a series of talks and events.
Bruce grew up in B.C. and toured the world for 28 years as a show designer, creating art with light within grand-scale theatrical tours for the likes of U2, R.E.M., and David Bowie. During this time, Bruce closely studied the intangible qualities of light. Looking at how light can influence and engage people deeply and inform how they experience space, Bruce recognized the power of choreographed light and media. As Ramus notes, ?My study influenced my shift to creating permanent light art installations to inspire public expression, cultural story-telling, and the promotion of an inclusive, articulate civic voice.?
Lighting at 888 Collins Street in Melbourne, Australia. The lighting functions as a real-time weather station. Photo by David Russell.
RAMUS, Bruce?s artistic production studio based in Melbourne Australia, is at the leading edge of an emerging global movement in contemporary urban design. For the last 1...