Bruce Munro

 

 

Both images are from Munro's 2010 installation Light Shower in the Salisbury Cathedral.

In his own words:

In 2008 I was invited to propose some alternative lighting designs for a contemporary highland lodge at the head of loch Osian in Scotland.
My remit was simply to try to humanise the austerity of the architecture and make it both atmospheric and functional for its owners. Opportunities like this are not an everyday occurrence.
I found myself sitting on a step, halfway up the main stairs absorbing a magnificent, uninterrupted view of the loch and group of snow capped Munros behind.
It was raining in squalls against the plate glass window. The view was distorted by rivulets of water streaming down the (9 x 4 metre) panoramic pane. The words “light and shower” registered in my mind and I had my idea.
It took over a year to get the water droplets working in the way I envisaged. The first installation of “light shower” now hangs motionless as if suspended in time, overlooking, but not interrupting the view of loch Osian. By day it catches glimpses of the sunshine, shedding prismatic flecks of light onto the stairs, by night it morphs into what it is, a shower of light, but twice as big, as it reflects upon itself in the darkest window north of Glasgow.

Rain is such a difficult beauty to capture. This reminds me of those rare rainy and sunny days when the light catches the falling water. It's such an odd feeling to simultaneously feel the warmth of the shining sun and drops of rain.