Limelight

Limelight is a video piece specially commissioned for permanent exhibition at The Royal Opera House in London. The starting point was Herbert's discovery that limelight was first used by a theatre on the site in 1837, previously Limelight had been used in the field of surveying. In an empty & darkened auditorium, a ballerina holds a limelight as she performs a piece from Odile & Odette. Through the performance the light maps the space catching glimpses of the architectural of the building.