Micro Light-sculpture “Eating the Light”

Light sculpture / light art contribution by Ruairí O’Brien for the light art festival

The pyramid-like sculpture created by Ruairí O’Brien captured natural light during the day and visualized the play of light with colors and spaces at night using an artificial light source. “Eating the Light” awakened the viewer’s awareness of the poetry of everyday things and light, and used minimal resources to address light as the elixir of life and its existential importance to the physical and psychological health of the individual. Light determines a person’s biological clock, their daily routine, and influences their moods. “Eating the Light” quietly, poetically and sensually addressed universal themes such as day, night, space, brightness and darkness, the influence of light on urban space and the individual on a micro and macro level. The title of the artwork can be taken literally and “eat” the light in its many varieties. The sculpture symbolized the idea as a light “fueling station” “We are what we eat” in a series of microlightsculptures® created by O’Brien.

Health Resort Rathen, Light Master Plan

Our lighting master plan for the spa town of Rathen is a design-functional model for an optimal staging of the town with light. The future-oriented concept shows the need for action and gives recommendations for the process-oriented development of public lighting. In addition to street lighting, the focus is on the highlighting of buildings as well as natural features and characteristics. The lighting master plan forms the basis for the process-oriented and coherent implementation of holistic lighting in the health resort. It also serves a coordinated inclusion of many individual measures and participants, e.g. authorities, institutions, companies, investors and citizens. The purposefully controlled development of the local lighting is intended to increase the attractiveness of the town and the quality of stay in the public space in an energy- and cost-efficient manner.

Client: Kurort Rathen, Mayor

Services: Lighting concept, lighting master plan: Urban development, paths, natural spaces, attractions / Seasonal lighting concept

Lighting Concept for the Old Cotton Mill Floeha

Lighting master plan and implementation-oriented lighting concept for the historic industrial area

Current project since 2020
Listed, historic industrial area

The new town center and marketplace of Floeha is currently being built on the site of the former cotton spinning mill. The former industrial area now offers a mix of commerce, housing, culture, services and administration.

Services:
Lighting concept for the entire area
Lighting design for the marketplace, buildings, light towers and logo

Client: City of Flöha
Service period 2020-2023 (expected)

Central Power Plant, Dresden

Lighting concept for the cultural area in the former central power plant

Ruairí O’Brien’s concept is based on the master plan for the central power plant. The special architecture and character of the former power plant, which is now an important cultural location of Dresden, are supported by the lighting, amongst other things, with unique one-of-a-kind luminaires. The concept, which meets the requirements of general technical lighting as well as those of historic preservation, also meets the artistic demands placed on the site by its use as an important central cultural location in Dresden.

Client: Drewag-Stadtwerke Dresden GmbH

Services: Lighting concept / rough cost estimate, 2014

Chapel at the Northern Cemetery, Dresden

Light installation benefit concert

The photos show the light installation by Ruairí O’Brien for the benefit concert for the preservation of the listed Northern Dresden Cemetery, which took place on 16.07.2016, in the cemetery chapel there. Tina Schnabel read a selection of letters of soldiers from the First World War, accompanied by Agneta Kroggel on the cello.

With his light installation, Ruairí O’Brien wants to support the initiative of Denk Mal Fort! e.V. to protect historical cemeteries worth preserving.