Feb 01
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 …
Jan 21
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 …
Jan 14
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 …
