Wed April 13th, Talk: 12:30pm Installation/Demonstration: noon-5pm @ EMPAC, Studio 1

“Beyond Appearances: The Experience of Equivalent Colors at Architectural Scale”

On Wednesday, April 13th Ph.D. candidate Ute Besenecker will present her winning project for the 2015 Jaffe Student Production Competition at EMPAC titled Beyond Appearances: The Experience of Equivalent Colors at Architectural Scale. Besenecker is one of two Rensselaer students who conducted research at EMPAC supported and funded by the Jaffe Student Production Competition after an open application process that began in fall 2014. Her current research is associated with the School of Architecture and the Center for Cognition, Communication and Culture.

Using the EMPAC Theater, EEG equipment, and the latest 7-color LED theater lighting system, Besenecker tested the neurological and physiological response of a group of test subjects to different colored-light environments. As part of her doctoral research, the work draws on prior investigations into perceptual detection of and preferences for particular spectral mixes of light color. The work sought to yield practical data for the fields of architecture and theatrical performance design.

Source: https://www.arch.rpi.edu/2015/09/phd-student-jaffeempac/