Skylight
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: October 1998
Designer: Fred Meller
Dimensions:
Other: 27 x 33 x 37.5 cm (10 5/8 x 13 x 14 3/4 in.)
Medium: Card, foam board and balsawood
Object number: TH.2012.266.CC.1
DescriptionModel for David Hare play 'Skylight' at Watermill Theatre
Skylight by David Hare
Director Euan Smith
Designer Fred Meller
Lighting Design Robert Bryan
The design for was part of the UK’s national exhibit Time and Space at the 1999 Prague Quadrennial. Time in Skylight is a precious commodity: the characters have spent time apart and have this moment to make or break their relationship. The twelve hours before dawn provide for an emotional flashpoint where time stops. An image for the potential for people to change or remain the same. Changing artificial light sources contrasted sharply with the small window of natural light. Finally the wall of books is torn down allowing for time’s solution itself, a glorious winter sunrise of a new day penetrating the now hazardous and wrecked room.
Skylight by David Hare
Director Euan Smith
Designer Fred Meller
Lighting Design Robert Bryan
The design for was part of the UK’s national exhibit Time and Space at the 1999 Prague Quadrennial. Time in Skylight is a precious commodity: the characters have spent time apart and have this moment to make or break their relationship. The twelve hours before dawn provide for an emotional flashpoint where time stops. An image for the potential for people to change or remain the same. Changing artificial light sources contrasted sharply with the small window of natural light. Finally the wall of books is torn down allowing for time’s solution itself, a glorious winter sunrise of a new day penetrating the now hazardous and wrecked room.
