Ketra Lighting in Dustin Yellin Installation | Lutron

Lutron Electronics, creates architectural lighting controls and automated shading solutions; they recently added artist Dustin Yellin’s studio to their roster of commercial installations. Yellin installed Ketra lighting (with a Lutron system) at his home and studio in Brooklyn. With Ketra lighting, he makes use of a broad spectrum of tunable lighting options, recreating natural daylight with vibrancy and intensity, all controlled from the convenience of a hand-held, personal device.

Dustin Yellin

For the last decade, multi-disciplinary, contemporary artist Dustin Yellin has received international acclaim presenting his Psychogeographies sculptures and other works at museum and gallery exhibitions, art fair and commercial installations around the globe. His process for making each piece involves embedding thousands of tiny painted and collaged images within layers of glass. Measuring as high as six feet tall, Yellin’s 3-dimensional sculptures take the form of entire built landscapes, individual figures, or sometimes both simultaneously.

Lighting for Art

Yellin remarked on the abilities of Lutron lighting to help bring his artwork to life by revealing the subtleties of the contrasting forms. To watch Dustin use light as an integral part of his art and witness the transformation of his pieces exemplified the power of light as medium. Through his careful calibration of Ketra light, he found ways to neutralize the green tint of the glass and to bring forth and crystalize the amazing details of his creations.

Lighting Control

From the convenience of a mobile, handheld device, Yellin can:

• Neutralize the greenish tint of the glass in sculptures
• Punch-up the color’s saturation with Ketra’s Vibrancy feature and add an “Instagram-esque filter” for artistic effect
• Mimic midday sunlight, Yellin’s preferred time of day for how pieces should be lit