Zeke Davenport Lighting

Electrician & Lighting Designer

Class Work

Paint Elevation (Computer Graphics) – I used Photoshop and a base drawing (by Isaac Ramsey) to create this paint elevation for a cult-like archway.

Final project (Scenic Painting) – Finished piece photographed from about 15′ away at bottom middle and from about 2′ up at bottom right (bottom left and right respectively on mobile):

Dance Lighting Renderings (Computer Graphics) – I used Photoshop to create at least 3 renderings of lighting looks for a theoretical dance performance set to the song “portrait of the artist as a young fag” by Car Seat Headrest. I have also compiled these still visuals in a video to demonstrate where in the song they occur; this can be watched here.

Letter (Scenic Painting) – Finished piece on right (bottom on mobile):

Light a Painting Project (Lighting Design) – I recreated the lighting of Vermeer’s “Mistress and Maid.”

Bricks (Scenic Painting) – Finished piece on right (bottom on mobile):

Granite (Scenic Painting) – Finished piece at bottom right:

The Dialectical Shadow Project (Light Lab) – I created two lighting looks interpreting the phrase “utopian America.”

The first interpretation (right [above on mobile]), imagines this as meaning an America that has been fully realized as a fascist state, a utopian America in the sense that it has perfected all the horrible elements of America’s foundation.

The second interpretation (left [above on mobile]), imagines an America that has become a utopia in a positive sense. The red light is dimmed and augmented with purples to evoke a sense of love and community.

Marble (Scenic Painting) – Finished piece on right:

Costume Rendering – Femme (Computer Graphics) – I used Photoshop to transform a piece of line art into a femme costume rendering.

Costume Rendering – Masc (Computer Graphics) – I used Photoshop to transform a piece of line art into a masc costume rendering.

Wood Panel (Scenic Painting) – Finished piece at bottom right):