Jan 30
(January 30, 1923 – July 23, 2020) What an impact Dorothy Tanner had on people she met and that experienced her art! Dorothy was born 100 years ago today. “Light has the power to create, define, and solidify; or leave in shadow that which we believe to be real.” “The major challenge for me in …
Jan 18
Jan. 18, 2021 Thank you to Immersive Denver for including this tribute to Dorothy Tanner. This year was full of loss for so many, and among local immersive artists, that included renowned light art pioneer Dorothy Tanner. Dorothy’s collaborative work with her late husband, Mel Tanner, sought to embody the idea of gesamtkunstwerk, a “total …
Jan 16
Thanks to Kate Perdoni of Rocky Mountain PBS for making this video 2 years ago and writing about Dorothy and Mel Tanner and the past, present, and future of Lumonics. (as of 2020) “I love events that require suspension of disbelief; tales that cut under the fabric of reality to glimpse the inner workings of our subterranean …
Jan 11
Paradigm (1976) by Mel Tanner can be seen this Saturday at Lumonics Immersed. Thanks to Third Dune Productions for this photo. The intent of this transformative multi-sensory experience that the late artists Dorothy and Mel Tanner originated in 1969, and that continues to evolve, is to bring you into a state of comfort and expanded …