LIGHT LAB ANTWERPEN
THE HOUSES & VILLAGE CONCEPT
Life is light! In the dark of the night on a whiter day, one can see life from afar, a small village with houses and a taller building, either a communal house or church... difficult to tell from a distance. The village is only visible because of the light shining through the window. One can almost feel the warmth and life inside the houses and feel drawn towards these light sources. As one approaches, he can see inside the houses and eventually be welcomed in one of them.
The whole concept of the scenography is about the relationship between life and light. The warmth, color, and joy that it brings. The importance of light in our lives.
The very shape of the “stands” comes from the shape of standard north European houses cut in two and arranged in a lively way around the iconic shape of a taller building... either a communal house or church.
The inside of the houses is then treated in three different colors, the typical RGB colors that represent all the possible colors combinations of light.
As one walks through the scenography he discovers the stands little by little, hens creating a richer experience.
pictures by Andy De Decker

in the dark of the night on a whiter day, one can see life from afar, a small village

the village is only visible because of the light shining through the windows

the village is only visible because of the light shining through the windows

the whole concept of the scenography is about the relationship between life and light

the very shape of the “stands” come from the shape of standard north European houses cut in two

communal house or church

Alain Gilles during the event

in the dark of the night on a whiter day, one can see life from afar, a small village

the village is only visible because of the light shining through the window

during the event

the communal house or church as center piece.

the concept of light and its multiple colors possibilities

Different houses with RGB colrs.

the perception of a village as seen from afare.

first sketches illustrating the concept.

First sketches illustrating the concept of the cut-open houses, with the inside visible as in a doll-house.