For the installation in the Salisbury Cathedral, which was completed in 2010, 1984 strands of fiber optic cable with a teardrop diffuser at the end were used. Each diffuser mimics the appearance of rain or teardrops. The installation was first lit to mark the start of Advent at the Salisbury Cathedral. Munro has created additional installations at different sites, including the Help for Heroes Headquarters in the UK.
Munro began working with light 30 years ago. “I was interested in ‘light’ as a medium at Art School,” he says, “but it was in my mid twenties (whilst living in Australia) that I started to work and experiment with light in a formal sense.” Since then, Munro has been nominated for awards like the WAN award in Lighting for 2012. For those that can’t visit the installations, the images, taken by photographer Mark Pickthall, are available for purchase.
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Bruce Munro is known for his stunning light installations, which transform a space into something that feels like it’s from another world. His “Light Shower” installation in a cathedral in Salisbury, UK recreates a rain shower frozen in time. Munro up
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Hundreds of fiber optic lines with glass diffusers at the end work to create the illusion of rain or tear drops.
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For those that can’t visit the installations, the images, taken by photographer Mark Pickthall, can be purchased as prints or framed pictures.
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Bruce Munro is known for his light installations, but he also works with a small team to create lighting for residences and commercial spaces.
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The Light Shower installation was first lit to mark the start of Advent at the Salisbury Cathedral.
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“Since I was sixteen I have jotted ideas into a sketch book. I have kept these books in the hope that one day they may contain a spark of inspiration,” says Munro. “At forty, just after my father died, I realised that the time had arrived to create my own work, and I had just enough confidence and experience to give it a go.”
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The cathedral installation took over 600 man hours to complete and covers an enormous amount of space – nearly 32 feet by 32 feet.
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Munro has created additional installations at different sites, including the Help for Heroes Headquarters in the UK.
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Munro says that the installation was inspired by the view outside of a lodge room in Scotland. “It was raining in squalls against the plate glass window. The view was distorted by rivulets of water streaming down the (9 x 4 metre) panoramic pane. The in
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