Victor Quezada, AES Lighting by AES Engineering
Virtual
Thursday, April 8, 2027
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm ET
Credits TBA
Intermediate
Star Wars, Tron and Blade Runner – what do they all have in common? The amazing use of light to accentuate emotion and tell a story.
Lighting designers are tasked with setting a tone for a space that melds function with a sense of identity. By taking a cinematic approach to lighting design, we can create a space that provides that same sense of drama and emotion once felt at the theatre. The end result – lighting execution that is as timeless and unique as it is subtly nostalgic and familiar.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how contrast can affect mood and drama in an environment.
- Learn how colour can be used as an emotional signifier.
- Learn about architectural lighting integration, luminous planes & linear delineation, and their effectiveness in storytelling.
- Understand how filmmakers capture light in various genres, from 19th century period pieces to science fiction.
Speaker
Victor Quezada
Principal & Architectural Lighting Team Lead
AES Lighting by AES Engineering
Victor Quezada holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and has specialized in lighting design since 2008. Working alongside the engineering professionals at AES has allowed him to use his design and product expertise to contribute to a project’s overall beauty and sustainability, facilitating the aesthetic integration of the lighting solution with the overall architecture and built environment.
He has received numerous awards including the IES Illumination Awards of Merit and IES Vancouver Section Awards of Merit, in addition, Victor has been shortlisted for the Lighting Design Award Magazine’s Low Budget Project of the Year in 2020 and shortlisted for the [d]arc awards in 2019 and 2022. In 2024 he won Best of BEGA, an annual lighting design competition highlighting the best work in the industry and recognizing projects for their innovation, excellence, and creativity. His work has appeared in various publications, including LD+A, the Magazine of the Illuminating Engineering Society. He presented Lighting Takes the Scene, an Exploration of Light Through the Big Screen at LightFair 2023 in New York.