LIGHTING AND ART
The majority of works come from rarely seen Brazilian private collections, as well as Brazilian public collections, most of which have never been exhibited in the UK. The brief from the Royal Academy and exhibition designer Carla Jucaba to DALD was for the lighting to create tonal contrast between the galleries without detracting from the artwork, as well as adhering to conservation constraints. The lighting design approach was simplistic but immersive, with each gallery being painted in a different shade. Subtle hues of colour wash the walls from high level track fixtures fitted with colour correction filters and carefully controlled
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by the addition of barndoors. Central to the majority of gallery spaces, the exhibition designer included different shaped seating benches that incorporated LED strips in a warm colour temperature to the underside to create a floating quality from the floors. Within each gallery important work was displayed on stepped ‘Focus Panels’ which incorporated LED strips, creating a halo offset, with each LED strip being tuned to the appropriate gallery colour. The focus panel artworks were lit by softly focused zoom profile fixtures mounted off the existing high-level tracks.