Daniel Crooks In Conversation
Structured Light: Enlighten 2022
Artist Daniel Crooks discusses with Curator Elspeth Pitt his work commissioned to illuminate the National Gallery façade for the 2022 Enlighten Festival.
Held in the 40th anniversary year of the National Gallery, Crooks’ project celebrates the design of the original gallery building by architect, Col Madigan. Using the architect’s original geometric language as a point of departure, Crooks has created a suite of visual manipulations spanning geometry, architecture and perspective. The work culminates in a series of vignettes that visually manipulate the gallery façade through volume, colour, light and sound.
Presented in partnership with Events ACT. Daniel Crooks is part of The Balnaves Contemporary Series.
This event was first broadcast on 10 March 2022.
About the Commission
Daniel Crooks Structured light 2022, Commissioned for The Balnaves Contemporary Series for Enlighten Festival, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra
Daniel Crooks: Structured light
4–14 Mar 2022
Naarm/Melbourne based artist Daniel Crooks has been commissioned to illuminate the National Gallery’s façade for the 2022 Enlighten Festival. Held in the Gallery’s 40th anniversary year, Crooks’ project celebrates the design of the original National Gallery building by architect, Col Madigan.
