Student lighting project to take on Tucker atrium

Using surface area as a canvas and lights as paint brushes, the lighting for visual presentation class is putting on its second Guerrilla Lighting Project.

The project is the culmination of weeks of planning, wiring, testing and consulting. Professional lighting designer Anne Militello of Vortex Lighting in Hollywood is assisting the students in lighting the William E. and Jean Jones Tucker Technology Center. Militello is here as part of the professional-in-residence week.

Fred Oberkircher, a professor of lighting, merchandising and textiles, said Militello was brought here with money from a grant given to the university. Oberkircher said it is called Guerrilla Lighting because the students will be going into an area for a short time and lighting it, similar to guerrilla military tactics.

“Our idea is to go in and use light and color to physically transform the Tucker Technology Center atrium,” Oberkircher said.

Last year the class lit the atrium of the Moudy Building.

— Bill Morrison