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Light's Own Destruction: 2018

by Nick Knight on 8 July 2018

The energy of light is contained within a single orb as explosives ignite in an art installation conceived by Nick Knight in 2018.

The energy of light is contained within a single orb as explosives ignite in an art installation conceived by Nick Knight in 2018.

Concept and Direction:
Film Edit:
Sound Operation:
Ian Sands
DIT:
Keir Garnet-Lawson
Effects Supervision:
Martin Godward
Effects Technician:
Martin Herrick
Executive Production:
Photographic Assistance:
Rob Rusling, Thomas Alexander, Barney Curran, Seb Niespialowski
Production Assistance:
Mariana Caldeira, Nick Merdasi, Violet Conroy
Rigger:
Pat Daly
Rigging Assistance:
Jamie Bush
Set Medic:
Aaron Woodbridge
Set Firefighter:
Dave Sinclair

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