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“Hard to compare or judge, comprehend even, because it has no peers.”

As Lumonics enters its 56th year, we are posting archival quotes from over the years: “Difficult to describe, beautiful and unusual, the Lumonics Light and Sound Theatre is hard to compare or judge, comprehend even, because it has no peers. It is different, something unto itself, and not entirely of this world. That, in an …

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Community Announcement

Community Announcement:   “Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination, and encourages people to go further.” – Keith Haring “Lumonics is such an incredible collection. They are part of the Crown Jewels of Denver.” – Justin Stucey, Walt Disney Imagineering It has been 4 1/2 years since the passing of Lumonics …

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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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