Prize(s) Winners in Religious & Spiritual Site Lighting Design
Lighting Design/Product Company Kabluka Light And Digital Sculptures
Lead Designers Mykola Kabluka
Architecture Company Kabluka Light And Digital Sculptures
Photo Credits Andrii Avdieienko
Other Credits Mykola Kabluka, Kabluka Light & Digital Sculptures, Expolight; with the support of Blessed Svyatosla
Completion Date 24/02/2024
Project Location Vyshgorod, Ukraine
Entry DescriptionThis project was created to honour our fallen heroes who bravely gave their lives defending Ukraine. Taking the Cossack cross as a basis - a symbol of victory and protection - we manifested it in three directions, placing it both in the paving and through inversion in space. We also wanted it to be inscribed in a circle, so that a person could not only contemplate it from the outside, but also get into the middle of the cross from any four sides of the world.
Each of the visitors gets:
- into the middle of the CROSS;
- into the middle of the LIGHT;
- into the middle of the SOUND;
It is a form based on optical and light effects. These are mirrored edges that interact with their surroundings and reflect each other. With light, we enhance the sacredness of the installation and create conditions for maximum immersion in the context. The fibre optic light elements are integrated into the paving and into the form itself. And the wavy metal surfaces are placed in such a way that in any season and weather they catch sunbeams. The audio accompaniment of the installation was created from the sounds associated with different parts of Ukraine and allows you to feel the vibrations of the earth: from the whispering noise of forests to the melodic sounds of Carpathian streams. The light elements represent the souls of the heroes who sacrificed themselves to protect Ukraine.
