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Hana Rocek- Manager of Design, Denver International
Airport
"Leni Schwendinger performed design and installation work for Deep
Time/Deep Space, one of the most successful projects at DIA. The passengers
riding the shuttle train are provided with a wonderful visual experience.
As Project Manager for the tunnel/train project, I worked with Ms. Schwendinger
in coordinating the art, design and installation. The design possibilities
were restricted by limited space; the construction time required an
ambitious schedule with other competing technical disciplines. In spite
of these difficulties, the project highly exceeded our expectations,
due largely to the spirit of teamwork and cooperation present throughout
the installation."
Christopher Choa- Architect, Haines Lundberg Waehler
"I admire the approach Leni takes with her work, in particular the
control and qualification of the urban scale with the most ephemeral
interventions. Leni's project, Deep Time/Deep Space: a Subterranean
Journey, at the Denver International Airport, is a significant evolution
in her design work. It moderates massive civic infrastructure with the
suggestive qualities of light and minimalist hardware. Her airport intervention
is a thoughtful and unique contribution to the design field."
Steve Izenour - Architect, Venturi Scott Brown Associates
"Leni's projections have the added benefit that--while they decorate
and camouflage the industrial objects they fall upon-- they turn these
objects into evocative ghost structures. Leni transforms the landscape
without physically changing that which cannot or should not be changed."
Mark Robbins- Curator of Architecture, Wexner Museum "I met Leni Schwendinger
ten years ago at a time when I was a project architect at the firm of
Emilio Ambasz and Associates in New York. Leni had been commissioned
by the office to create a lighting installation for a temporary pavilion
at a fair in Dusseldorf. Leni was given free rein in the interpretation
of an appropriate theme and form for this work-- one that would engage
a large audience and fit conceptually and physically into the rigorous
constraints of the structure under design. She was successful on all
these counts. Leni's work has increasingly been involved with the activation
of space, an enhanced awareness of the built environment and the ephemeral
quality of urban culture."
Ann Liebenstein- Landscape Architect, Project for Public Spaces
"During the design charette, Leni was very creative, persistent and
conversant in a wide range of media--which helped facilitate team communication.
She was one of the few who had done prior research, and offered a creative-yet-realistic
approach to materials, including their relative cost and effect on the
human environment. The subway manufacturer mentioned afterwards that
the most useful ideas were those pertaining to the creation of a "New
York Experience" in the subway. This was the concept that Leni championed
and presented."
Light Projects' commissions are extensively profiled in print, and
have been covered in the broadcast-news media and documentaries.
About Schwendinger
"For almost twenty years Schwendinger has specialized in bringing
her visionary projects to out-of-the-ordinary architectural sites the
world over. Her work simultaneously evokes painterly, sculptural and
performance art in a genre that she calls "civic theatre" - an eloquent
balance of the personal with the monumental."
- HER NEW YORK
About the Publicolor event:
"Art dealer Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and her husband, Nick, bravely
volunteered their just deconstructed and about to be renovated Upper
East Side house to raise money for Publicolor, an organization that
brings color to the corridors and classrooms of drab public schools.
Following the lead of such artists as Massimo Vignelli and Maira Kalman,
guests in Tyvek jumpsuits covered the walls-and themselves-in paint.
Leni Schwendinger's construction-light chandeliers were so imaginative
that the Rohatyns should think about keeping them forever."
-House and Garden, May 2001
About Water Above Water:
“Water Above Water temporarily transformed the locks and Kelvin Aqueduct
into a magical, illuminated landscape. A sea of luminous blue, green,
and aquamarine floodlighting dissolved and animated the stern, hand-hewn
stone of the aqueduct’s buttresses and arches.”
- Architectural Review, December 1999
About XL:
“A visual delight…[e]specially impressive is a state-of-the-art
lighting system that will allow the staff to gradually create different
moods as the night progresses.”
- Time Out New York, April 5-12, 2001
About Rock-Island-Link
Providence, 1996
"Designer Leni Schwendinger explores the ideas of motion, transit and
light in her public art projects. (For the tunnel in Providence) Schwendinger's
large, cartoon-like shimmering sculptures of exploding quarry rocks
and exaggerated costume jewels cover the ceiling and one entire wall.
As you walk by, the forms tell a story; taking a quick look from your
car, they provide a more abstract experience, each glance conditional
on that moment's weather, traffic, and perspective. Rock-Island-Link
counters chaotic, public space by allowing for private, intimate encounters,
transporting the observant commuter on an emotional as well as physical
level... the daily commute is itself luminously commuted"
- Metropolis
About Not Dreaming in Public
New York City , 1995
"Using light and the civic realm as her media, the installation artist
has found herself again exploring the line between public and private
that most of us traverse daily. For Not Dreaming in Public, at the Whitney
Museum of Art at Philip Morris, she paired up with sound designer Ben
Rubin to probe the nature of the suspended moment between wakefulness
and sleep. [The environment] transformed the rigid, granite atrium into
what Schwendinger calls a "malleable dreamspace". The only light illuminating
the space reflected up from Schwendinger's naif-style projected images
- drawings swirling in an arched sequence along the floor - including
a complex of abstracted eyes, overlapping railroad tracks, sleeping
figures suspended in space and a clock. Rubin's interwoven sounds created
a multilayered, sonorous tapestry."
- Metropolis
About Deep Time/Deep Space, a Subterranean Journey
Denver, 1994
"Deep Time/Deep Space, a Subterranean Journey will be experienced
by close to ten-million airport travelers annually, and provide them
with a physical journey, as well as one of mind and spirit."
- Architectural Lighting
About Urban Heart, A Homebody?
Tokyo, 1993
"Schwendinger's painted images resembled drawings by Akira Kurosawa
in their colors and freely expressive style... making equations between
the house and the heart and the city...making connections transcendent
and sensual, imaginative and concrete."
- Daily Yomiuri Newspaper
National Track & Field Hall of Fame
New York, NY - 2001-2002
Architect - Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership
Queens West, Stage IV
New York, NY - 2001-2003
Landscape Architect - M. Paul Friedberg and Partners
Seattle Opera House, McCaw Hall
Seattle, WA - 2001-2003
Architect - LMN Architects
St. George Station, Intermodal Transportation Terminal
New York, NY - 1999-2001
Architect - Hellmuth Obata + Kassenbaum
Desgrippes Gobe Associates
New York, NY - 2000
The Wedding List, flagship store in Boston
Triple Bridge Gateway, Port Authority Bus Terminal
New York, NY - 1996-2003
Sculpture and lighting enhancements for ramps.
Architect - Pasenella + Klein Stolzman + Berg
Costas Kondylis
New York, NY - 1999
Exterior lighting consultation for several Manhattan buildings
Desgrippes Gobe Associates
New York, NY - 1999
Conceptual lighting design for Reebok stores
300 West 46th Street
New York, NY - 1998
Clinton Housing Development Co./Residence (in progress) Lighting of
public spaces - interior and exterior
Children's Museum of Manhattan
New York, NY - 1998-1999
For "Body Odyssey": exhibition lighting and a luminous sculptural element
Armani Exchange A/X
New York, NY - 1997-1998
Lighting design for flagship store.
Architect- United Designers (London)
Internal Revenue Service - Nat'l Headquarters
G S A, New Carrollton, MD -1996 (in progress)
Light-and-sculpture for 500' curved pedestrian bridge.
Architect - Kohn Pedersen Fox
Windows on the World
New York, NY - 1998 (art concept)
Architect- Hardy Holzman Pfeifer
Donna Karan
New York, NY - 1997
Lighting design concept for retail store at Caesar's Forum, Las Vegas
NV
Rafael Vinoly Architects
New York, NY -1997
Invited lighting competition for Samsung Megaport in Seoul
Light Options
New York, NY -1997
Lighting and architectural conceptual design for lighting showroom and
offices
Air Canada Centre "The Theatre of Sport and Entertainment"
Toronto, Ontario Canada -1996
Architect - Brisbin Beynon Brook
Joop! Jeans Magic - Men's Apparel Show
Las Vegas, NV - 1996
Design of exhibition trade show booth: architecture and lighting
Rhode Island Convention Center, City of Providence
Providence, RI - 1995/96
Light/sculpture environment for 500' overpass tunnel
Denver International Airport, City of Denver
Denver, CO - 1994
Light/sculpture environment for mile-long shuttle train tunnel
Gitano
New York, NY - 1986-91
Lighting design: offices and showrooms, projections on translucent glass
walls, open work areas.
Caltrans and Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
Los Angeles, CA - 1990
Program planning for public art in light-rail and express-bus stations
California Museum of Science and Industry
Los Angeles, CA - 1990
Exhibition lighting concepts: Our Urban Environment
Sounds of Brazil
New York, NY -1985
Architect - Bogdanow and Associates
Emilio Ambasz, Architect
Dusseldorf, Germany - 1986
Sculptural Light Installation for the International Printing Fair
Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Anchorage, AK - 1999
Vanishing Garden
Projected landscape into snowy Performing Arts Center courtyard
Storefront for Art and Architecture
New York, NY - 1999
Exhibition, Hell's Kitchen: Developing Strategies
Independent Public Art, Glasgow 1999, British Waterways
Glasgow, Scotland - 1999
Water Above Water, a Sublime Floating Landscape
Canal & aqueduct illumination
Whitney Museum of American Art (at Philip Morris)
New York City, NY - 1995
Collaboration with Ben Rubin
"Not Dreaming in Public", Light/sound installation
Axis Gallery: - Earth Paper Exhibition
Tokyo, JA - 1995
Custom silk-screened lanterns
Brooklyn Academy of Music
New York City, NY - 1993
"Public Dramas/Passionate Correspondents" Projections onto landmark
General Post Office in Manhattan
OPEN HOUSE, Art and Life
Ushida/Findlay Architects
Tokyo, JA - 1993
"The Urban Heart, A Homebody?" Projections onto curved concrete house
Metropolitan State College of Denver Gallery
Denver, CO - 1993
"Public Art for the 21st Century" Exhibition of preparatory works for
the Denver International Airport
Institute of Contemporary Art
Philadelphia, PA - 1990
"Ephemeral Building-Building Art" Light and suspended-sculpture installation
(200' projections)
Creative Time CityWide
New York City, NY -1989
"Holland Tunnel Drive-In Billboard" Site specific, 80' projection onto
a billboard at the mouth of the Holland Tunnel
Art Awareness Gallery
Lexington, NY - 1988
"Civilized Life" Architectural/art exhibition
Fairmount Park Art Association
Philadelphia, PA -1987/88
Light Up Philadelphia Study, three-mile public art proposal to light
the highway oil refineries
Alternative Museum - Luminosity Exhibition
New York City, NY - 1986
"Unchartable Regions; a Light and Sand Sculpture"
Limelight - Urban Light Exhibition
New York City, NY - 1985 "Tower of Alpha Babble" Site-specific light/sound
installation
Publicolor “Stir Splatter and Roll”
New York City, 2001
Fundraising event: custom chandeliers
Orensanz Center for the Arts
New York City, 2000
Private wedding reception: light sculpture and custom lanterns
Mars 2112
New York City, NY - 1999
Star Wars premiere party
Visual design: lighting, scenic design, and centerpiece fabrications
Webster Hall
New York City, NY - 1997
American Institute for Graphic Arts annual event
Projection and lighting environment
Museum of Modern Art
New York City, NY - 1995
Visual design based on Mondrian exhibition: lighting of panels and decor,
custom lantern design
USS Intrepid (Battleship Museum)
New York City, NY - 1995
Entertainment backdrop projections and light-centerpieces for Commander's
Ball
Takashimaya Department Store
New York City, NY - 1994
American Society of Interior Designers' Gala
Lighting design and projection
First Night, Inc.
Boston, MA -1991
Collaboration with sculptor George Greenamyer
Frozen Shadows, an Ice and Light Installation
Shadow casting onto 125' x 12' ice blocks
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, NY - 1989
Council of Fashion Design Awards event (1984-1989)
Lighting
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Blumenthal Patio
New York City, NY - 1987
Moonlight at the Alhambra
Lighting for Oscar de la Renta special event
International Business Design Awards - Navy Pier
Chicago, ILL - 1987
Lighting and projection for entertainment stage
Anne Bowen Fashion Show
Departures
Grand Central Terminal, NYC - 1999
Lighting design
Microsoft Interactive Video
Personal Trainer - 1995
Lighting and projection design for pilot project
Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City - 1994
Rare Times Altogether, an original play about James Joyce
Visual design: scenic, lighting and projections
Urban Bush Women dance performances
Heat, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, NC - 1988-91
Praise House, national and international tour including New York and
Montpelier, France
Visual design: scenic, lighting and projections
Children's Television Workshop Series
Ghostwriter - 1990
Participated in initial brainstorming sessions for series
Sandra Bernhard,
Without You I'm Nothing
Orpheum Theatre, NYC - 1988
Visual design: scenic, lighting and projections
Tri Star Pictures feature
The Squeeze - 1986
Projected effects: large-scale club scene
Warner Bros Pictures/Laurie Anderson feature
Home of the Brave - 1985
Lighting concepts
HBO-TV Special
Emo Philips - 1985
Lighting and projection design
Promenade Theatre, NYC - 1985
Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard
Projection design
Laurie Anderson
Mr. Heartbreak International Tour - 1984
Lighting design
- New York Foundation for the Arts: Fellowship - 2001
- Illuminating Engineering Society Lumen 2000 Award of Merit: Civic
Service and Education
- Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design - Project Support
-1999
- Society for Environmental Graphic Design: Honor Award - 1997
- International Association of Lighting Designers' Award Citation
for Excellence - 1996
- Arts International: Travel Grant - 1993
- National Endowment for the Arts: Japan Residency - 1991
- California Arts Council: Express Bus Art Plan - 1991
- Japan - U.S. Friendship Commission: Project Support - 1991
- California Arts Council: Light Rail Art Plan Team - 1990
- Andy Warhol Foundation: Grant Visual Arts/Theatre Collaboration
- 1990
- Art Matters: Project Grant - 1989
- N.Y.C. Dept. of Economic Opportunity: Business Mentorship Program
- 1989
- National Endowment for the Arts: Art in Public Places Grant - 1988
- New York State Council on the Arts: Visual Art/Dance Collaboration
- 1988
- McDowell Colony: Residency - 1988
- Licht & Architekur (Lighting journal, Germany) 1997, 2000
- Architectural Review (Architectural journal, Great Britain) 1999
- How Design Magazine 1997
- Visual Merchandising and Store Display 1994, 1997
- Architectural Lighting 1985, 1990, 1994, 1995
- Lighting Dimensions 1990-1995
- Metropolis 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000
- Public Art Review 1994, 1995, 1996
- Kenchiku Bunka (Architectural journal, Japan) 1993
- New York Times 1993
- Lighting Design & Application 1989
- ArtNews 1989
- The New Yorker 1989
- Philadelphia Inquirer 1988
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