The creator recounts his experience at a Tame Impala concert, focusing on the impressive light show. He connects this experience to a local art installation in Portland by artist Hap Tivey, which leads to a deep dive into the 'Light and Space' art movement, Tivey's personal story, and his artistic philosophy. The creator then explains how this newfound knowledge of light art enhances his appreciation for the concert's production, concluding with a call-to-action inviting viewers to an 'Anti Big Light Lobbyist Association'.
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TURN THEM LIGHTS DOWN 🔦
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Connecting an insane concert experience with an incredible artist who was also born in Portland!! Hope you enjoyed this yap and found a new rabbit hole to go down. This is the smallest glimpse of hap’s body of work and you MUST explore the other artists from the movement.
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Drop a photo if you hit the tour would love to see!!
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@antibiglight is a lil passion page for all things light. Nothing overly curated yet, just a space for us to share. so tap in if you’re down ;)
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#tameimpala #lightartist #designhistory #portland #ambientlighting
Transcript
Tame Impala hates the big light. I slid to the Tame Impala concert, and let me tell you that production was crazy. Lasers everywhere, colors and beams overtaking the motor center. It was borderline divine. I'm sorry. Everyone became part of the spectacle. Faces lighting up, glasses reflecting beams, and phones illuminating on best creating their own experience. But a brief sequence reminded me of one of my favorite lights in Downtown Portland. Outside of the Elizabeth Leach gallery, you'll see a similar scheme illuminating a window pane. It mesmerizes me every evening, and it's done by haptivity. This is the art of light and space coming from the light and space movement. Bunch of artists in SoCal in, like, the mid sixties. You probably know James Turrell. Iconic. We have the same name. Big better. But real ball knowers know Hap Tier. No, Tivi's story is kind of unreal. One time on a trip with James Turrell, he contracted a virus kinda deteriorating his eyesight temporarily. Imagine this as an artist. Using this experience combined with his background in art, philosophy, math, Hap creates lightscapes that immerse the viewer because you can't contain it. Light is part of everything, so everything is part of the work. The Helios series is the first known work I came across. After reading about Hap's artist journey, my experience only became richer. Hap describes viewer perception as the medium he works in. Not wood, not acrylic, you and I, which is so sick, so sick, and has only accentuated my understanding of the Tame Impala tier. Painting our ears with psychedelic scents and layered sounds, our eyes and bodies immersed in light become even more critical to the work making an unbelievable experience. So, Tame, this is your formal invitation to the anti big light lobbyist association as well as anyone else who watched this all the way through. Keep being a big light bigot. Turn the lamps on. Turn the big lights off. Shout out Haptivi. I'll see y'all when I see y'all.
