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SpectraScape Spring Transforms into Summer 6/21/2011
Public Art at Main Street Garden Park: SPRING Lights Change to SUMMER SpectraScape, the public art installation comprised of video bands...


Islington After Dark (A London LightWalk)
Photo by Leni The NightSeeing program’s intention is to open people’s eyes to an existing nighttime milieu, as well as providing an...


Fête des Lumières; a NightSeeing™ LightWalk in Lyon, Part 2
Visual memories of December 2010 are clothed in a vapor of magenta pink. During the famous ‘Fête des Lumières‘ in December 2010, Philips...


Shadings; a contemporary music and projection performance @ Carnegie’s Zankel Hall
SHADINGS is a hybrid work by composer Laura Elise Schwendinger and lighting artist Leni Schwendinger. Playing It UNsafe Concert Friday,...


Report: “21st Century Parks” Book Reception, January 6, 2011
The line crawled out the door half the block down La Guardia Place… the seating once inside filled three spaces – the multipurpose hall...


LightWalk Times Square with Author Dietrich Neumann and his Architectural History Class
I was thrilled to receive a message from Dietrich Neumann, whose “Architecture of the Night” has inspired so many. He indicated that he...


SpectraScape morphs into winter, one year after commission
SpectraScape, the Public Art installation comprised of video bands of light that scroll across the green glass shelters at Main Street...


Fête des Lumières; a NightSeeing™ LightWalk in 14th Century Lyon
Lyon is home to the Lighting Urban Communities International organization. This city hosts one of the most sophisticated and spectacular...


As You Light It: Dwell Magazine Video and Leni Schwendinger
Dwell Magazine’s series, As You Light It <link here>, focuses on my idea of the City as home and the NightSeeing™ program. The video...


Transforming a Darkened Underpass into a Brightly Breathing Bridge and Streetscape Lighting Design
Less than one year after the contract was awarded, Light Projects’ illumination and color design for Louisville’s 2nd Street Bridge and...


Architect’s Newspaper: Leni Schwendinger Lights the Way
Comment> A renowned lighting designer takes a walk in the dark in search of illumination (Full text and images link) In October 2010 my...
THE DIRT: Connecting the Built + Natural Environments, Interview with Leni Schwendinger
Interview with Leni Schwendinger, Light Artist and Designer (Full text and images link) Cities of Light, Planetizen’s version (Link to...


NightSeeing™ in Washington D.C. (with Landscape Architects)
In the evening Washington D.C. NW is a monochromatic blend of light. People are the action. The shifting interplay of nighttime dark and...


Schwendinger Podcasts Recorded by Museum Without Walls
CultureNow is focused on cultural mapping and exhibitions about New York City. They called the other day and asked if I would talk about...


Astronomy’s New Messengers: Listening to the Universe with Gravitational Waves
Free for New Yorkers of all ages: A fantastical collision of Art and Science to hear gravity firsthand. “Astronomy’s New Messengers:...


Light Planning; Chinatown Little Italy Historic District
Light Planning and Community Involvement Official map of the Chinatown Little Italy Historic District boundaries The Chinatown Little...


Publicolor, Color is Energy
Imagine a non-profit’s gala fundraiser where the well-dressed and a population of dedicated black youth mingle with designers and artists...


Postal Mortem; Moynihan Station
March 18th 2010: Crains New York Business announced, Skidmore Owings & Merrill selected to design first phase of work to convert Farley...


SpectraScape Winter Morphs into Spring 3/20/2010
PUBLIC ART AT MAIN STREET GARDEN PARK WINTER LIGHTS CHANGE TO SPRING SpectraScape, the Public Art installation comprised of video bands...


Atlantic Avenue Tunnel; Vertical Layers of New York
Much has been written about the Atlantic Avenue tunnel since Bob Diamond rediscovered access through a manhole to the storied passageway...
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