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IGNANT: Between Light and Dark
Chiaroscuro, which translates from Italian as light-dark, is a visual technique that uses the contrast between light and the shadow to create depth, shape and drama. For Taupe, Berlin-based studio IGNANT designed architectural spaces and sculptural assemblages in CGI that create a sense of chiaroscuro through their interaction. “We thought it would be interesting to explore an inverted chiaroscuro technique”, the studio explains, “not how to create a sense of space and depth through chiaroscuro, but rather, how we can create a sense of chiaroscuro through the design of a space.” Light refracted through each architectural form casts a unique glow upon the sculpture in the image that it is paired with. These are encounters in which the unknown constitutes the known—where dark meets light, color dances.
Manuel Carvalho is a Berlin-based visual artist and designer whose work experiments with form, texture, and audio to create synthetic visuals. He currently works as a 3D designer at IGNANT.
IGNANT is a Berlin-based magazine and production studio.
IGNANT: Between Light and Dark
Chiaroscuro, which translates from Italian as light-dark, is a visual technique that uses the contrast between light and the shadow to create depth, shape and drama. For Taupe, Berlin-based studio IGNANT designed architectural spaces and sculptural assemblages in CGI that create a sense of chiaroscuro through their interaction. “We thought it would be interesting to explore an inverted chiaroscuro technique”, the studio explains, “not how to create a sense of space and depth through chiaroscuro, but rather, how we can create a sense of chiaroscuro through the design of a space.” Light refracted through each architectural form casts a unique glow upon the sculpture in the image that it is paired with. These are encounters in which the unknown constitutes the known—where dark meets light, color dances.
IGNANT is a Berlin-based magazine and production studio.