About the artist
TEAM IGNITE, Philip Ross & Tim de Jong
TEAM IGNITE was founded in 2016 as a committee of study associations Lucid (Industrial Design) and CHEOPS (Built Environment) from the TU/e to create an installation for GLOW 2016. After this first year, the committee ended. However, the students did not feel ready to let go of designing with light yet. They decided to become a TU/e innovation Space team and continue their journey within lighting design. In 2018, TEAM IGNITE presented “Loop,” which was a pilot for “Hypar,” the installation made from luminous cubes, that they presented in 2019.
In September 2020, the team decided the era of the cubes had come to an end. A new generation of TEAM IGNITE was brought together. For the past one and a half years, this new generation of 15 enthusiastic students has created a new mission and vision for the team. This new stance is proudly presented this year through “Ballroom,” an installation realized with the tracking infrastructure provided by the TU/e Crowdflow Research Group from prof. dr. Federico Toschi together with dr. Alessandro Corbetta. The installation is developed together with Philip Ross and his experience with designing light installations for crowds; one can recognise several aspects of his work “Gibson” (2018) in “The Ballroom”.
TEAM IGNITE (Tim de Jong, Lynn Visser, Timon Adriaanssen, Samuel Oosterholt, Thom Smits, Jente Vermeer, Floris Thoonen, Maarten van den Elshout, Tianyi Chen, Tristan Trouwen, Noortje van Velzen, Quinn van Rooy, Ymke Verspui, Robbie Melaet, Katja van Weert)
Concept: Philip Ross en Tim de Jong.
Partners: Crowdflow Research Group, Studio Philip Ross, ESMG Quadrivium
