Category: Dorothy Tanner

Archival Quotes about Lumonics

As Lumonics enters its 56th year, we are posting archival quotes: “A Lumonics show is a mesmerizing melding of light, rhythmic movement, and sound…a kind of Disneyland for the senses. But in spite of the abstract nature of the presentation and the almost intimidating force of the music and movement, it’s a completely opposite effect …

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From the Lumonics Archives, 2020: Lumonics Mind Spa at Understudy

From the Lumonics Archives,  2020: (thanks to Annie Geimer and Thadeous Mighell of Understudy)   In appreciation of art writer Mary Grace Bernard for her article in DARIA about the Lumonics Mind Spa exhibit at #UnderstudyGallery.   Mel Tanner, Paradigm, 1975, Plexiglas and LED lights. Image courtesy of Third Dune Productions.   excerpt: Lumonics Mind …

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Dorothy Tanner (from the archives)

From the Lumonics Archives (2017) thanks to Denver Westword “Hip couple Dorothy and Mel Tanner began exploring Plexiglas light sculpture back in the ’60s, inventing their own avant-garde genre while freely experimenting with what’s come to be known as “new media” on the modern front: refracted light, projections, music and electronic enhancements. Mel passed away …

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Lumonics Archival Flyers as we enter our 56th year.

Happy to share some of the Lumonics archives as we enter our 56th year.   The first Lumonics ad (to my knowledge as this was before my time) circa 1969, designed by Mel & Dorothy Tanner I love these lines: A light show in the 4th DIMENSION Prices are right on         …

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