‘Collected Light Volume Three: Women In Entertainment Lighting’ Launches November 2024

Following on from the successful publication in 2022 of ‘Collected Light Volume One: Women Light Artists’, Light Collective will publish a third book in the series, ‘Collected Light Volume Three: Women in Entertainment Lighting’ in November 2024.

Light Collective, a UK-based lighting consultancy have spent the last 25 years working with light in many formats. As well as architectural lighting design, the company is known for its role as light activists within the lighting industry. This has ranged from Guerrilla Lighting demonstrations around the world, showing the transformative nature of light within cities to the global community, to the networking project Women In Lighting, set up to raise the profile of women working with light and to celebrate their achievements.

The Women In Lighting initiative led Light Collective to the curation of this third book, Women In Entertainment Lighting. Women working in this field are in a minority and often uncelebrated. This book is a small step towards trying to redress this unfair imbalance. While researching the book, Light Collective reached out across the globe to many women working in this field. The result is by no means exhaustive and there are many women who deserve to be included and who Light Collective hope to connect with in the future.

The new book will be launched at an exclusive party hosted by Ayrton at their showroom in Paris on the 20 November 2024 as part of the Women In Lighting Entertainment Sessions, with all 65 contributors featured in the publication invited from all over the world to attend. Speakers at the launch include Clementine Fletcher-Smith from the UK speaking about Light & Architecture, Clara Daguin on her work with light and fashion and Christina Thanasoula on lighting design for theatre. Light Collective will be speaking about the book at PLASA, London and LDI, Las Vegas.

Ayrton specialises in developing industry-leading intelligent LED and laser lighting solutions for the entertainment and architecture industries and their decision to join the Women In Lighting initiative as a new sponsor, enabled Light Collective to extend their focus from celebrating the professional achievements of women working in architectural lighting, to include those working in entertainment and live events. The aim of this book is to raise the profile of the designers featured in the hope that it offers support, encouragement and inspiration to the next generation of women hoping to work in this sector.

Contributors featured in the book include: Alita Escobedo, Amy D Lux, Anna Turra, Anne Militello, Averil Bott, Bethany Gupwell, Beverly Emmons, Cara Hood, Cat Tate Starmer, Celine Royer, Christina Thanasoula, Danielle Feinberg, Daphne Ting-Yu Chu, Diana Kesselschmidt, Domino Mannheim, Elanor Higgins, Elena Armellini, Elisabetta Campanelli, Eliza Alexandropoulou, Ellen Ruge, Emily Bornt, Emma Weil, Erica D Hayes, Erica Lauren Maholmes, Eve Radwan, Fiametta Baldiserri, Heather Carson, Hema Maskowitz, Hetall Dedhhia, I – Hua Kao, Iga Pop, Jennifer Tipton, Jessica Greenberg, Jessica Hung Han Yun, Karla Lopez, Kat Borderud, Kathy A Perkins, Lauren King, Liliana Ladeluca, Lola Barroso, Lucy Carter, Luisa Fanciullacci Sodergren, Maria T Mendoza, Mary J Varher, Megumi Yatabe, Mildred M Moyo, Natalie Heckl, Natalie Wreyford, Paule Constable, Peggy Eisenhauer, Po- Hsin Liu, Randiane Aalberg Sandboe, Rie Uomori, Roma Flowers, Sian James-Holland, Sooner Routhier, Stacey Boggs, Subul Lodi, Susan M Nicholson, Tess Minor, Tiffany Spicer Keys, Yana Rits, Yang Yu, Zoe Dirse.

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