Lumen were asked by Kiff Bamford and Harold Offeh of Leeds Beckett University to provide the sound equipment installation for artist Rana Hamadeh‘s live sound play/peformance at The Tetley in Leeds, as part of the symposium ‘Performance and Uncertainty’. The performance is titled ‘Can You Make a Pet of Him Like a Bird or Put […]
Lumen have over 10 years experience of setting up film screenings in non-cinema venues and ‘pop-up’ spaces. We have worked with Leeds International Film Festival, Flatpack Festival, Leeds Young Film Festival, Holmfirth Film Festival, as well as many other organisations and events that have film content, such as Lawrence Batley Theatre, Hull2017, Recon, Bradford Literature Festival, […]
Lumen were commissioned by Leeds BID to create forward thinking, innovative Christmas lights using projection. We have come up with two projection installations running at different sites in Leeds City Centre. RADIAL at O2 Academy. James Islip at Lumen, alongside Dave Lynch and Antony Kitson, are combining their talents to beam an eye-catching projection of winter themes […]
Short excerpt from the 10th Vespertine Event in May 2016 at English Heritage’s Cold War Bunker in Acomb, York. “Imagine a world where humans are forced to live underground, the surface uninhabitable. Technology has become the only way to reach out and connect. Pilot Theatre and York Theatre Royal take you underground and into the […]
Video piece by Sam Meech commissioned by Virgin Records, projectors supplied and installed by Lumen. We work with artists and creative organisations in a number of ways. We hire out audio/visual equipment, we hire out technicians with a range of skills; sound engineers, projectionists, gallery and museum technicians and video tech. But these are services […]
In conjunction with Opera North’s epic presentation of Wagner’s complete Ring cycle, a new sound and film installation by artist Emma Critchley comes to Leeds Central Library from Monday 16 to Thursday 26 May. Commissioned by Opera North Projects, The water sinks down with them is an immersive installation that holds the evolution of human consciousness within the […]
Towards the end of 2015, our technical team has been working with artist Katrina Palmer and the Henry Moore Institute on their new exhibition ‘The Necropolitan Line’. Our role within the project was to understand the sound aesthetic that Katrina wanted as part of the exhibition, and then help design and install both the physical […]
Video installation at Leeds University by Hui-Hsuan Hsu, assisted by Lumen Arts Job Description AV Technician Lumen Arts Overview Lumen requires a highly motivated Audio-Visual Technician to support our Autumn / Winter 2015 events calendar. The AV Technician will be highly organised, reliable with a background of working with projection, projection-mapping, audio, gallery installation & […]
Lumen are very proud to support ‘Follies of Youth’ – a new exhibition presented by Pavilion at The Hepworth Wakefield. The show is open from April 2nd until May 31st and there is an opening event on Thursday 16th of April. See Pavilion’s website for details. Lumen have provided audio-visual equipment for the show, including […]