laced

the entry to the exhibit will require through a passage through an intensly spotlighted area. As people enter, they will be painted in light with a lace pattern. this effect will be visible to people sitting out in the lounge across from the exhibition space. this effect I want is reminiscent of the end of the movie "Starman" where Jeff Bridges as the alien, returns to his mother ship. He descends into a meteor crater and is bathed in the light from the ship and snow seems to fall through the light. the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" also uses this intense light to dramatically mark passage. the exhibit entry will create a transition from this bright spotlight to the selected display lighting of work within the otherwise darkened presentation space.