Chromolithe
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Chromolithe is a light art
that gives the impression that the buildings have been painted with glowing colours.
Chromolithe installations have been made for cathedrals and churches, historic public buildings, modern art museums, and even banks.
The chromolithe process starts with data collection, using a specially-built photographic chamber, months of meticulous art work on computer screens, and finally re-projecting the image, printed to 24x24 cm photographic plates, back on to the building from a series of custom-built 6000Kva Xenon
projectors, discreetly placed, so as to make the light source appear invisible.
Some of the cathedrals and intricate sculptured Gothic buildings that have been chromolithed, were originally painted. Thus, work like that of Patrice Warrener
's can be seen as a restoration of heritage buildings.
Light art
Light art is a form of visual art where main media of expression is light. Light has been used for architectural aesthetical effects throughout human history. However, the modern concept of light art emerged with the development of artificial light sources and experimenting modern art...
that gives the impression that the buildings have been painted with glowing colours.
Chromolithe installations have been made for cathedrals and churches, historic public buildings, modern art museums, and even banks.
The chromolithe process starts with data collection, using a specially-built photographic chamber, months of meticulous art work on computer screens, and finally re-projecting the image, printed to 24x24 cm photographic plates, back on to the building from a series of custom-built 6000Kva Xenon
Xenon
Xenon is a chemical element with the symbol Xe and atomic number 54. The element name is pronounced or . A colorless, heavy, odorless noble gas, xenon occurs in the Earth's atmosphere in trace amounts...
projectors, discreetly placed, so as to make the light source appear invisible.
Some of the cathedrals and intricate sculptured Gothic buildings that have been chromolithed, were originally painted. Thus, work like that of Patrice Warrener
Patrice Warrener
Patrice Warrener is a French light artist, mostly known for his Chromolithe Polychromatic Illumination System. Warrener has made more than 60 chromolithe installations over the last fifteen years, lighting up buildings in close to a dozen different nations...
's can be seen as a restoration of heritage buildings.