Art in Manufacturing: Illuminos

Illuminos are brothers Matt and Rob Vale, who, for over 10 years,  have been creating visually inventive, memorable projection artworks and experiences.

Works range from epic scale illumination to small scale interventions, but always working to create something unique and specific to location and viewer.

As part of Art in Manufacturing Illuminos has been in residency with returning manufacturer Cardboard Box Company most recently awarded the winner of the Community Engagement Award at the 2022 Paper Industry Gold Awards.

Taking their own family history as a starting point for the residency, Illuminos will be recreating the moment of wonder and delight contained in a box of chocolates in a magical new gallery installation of confectionery boxes. The collaboration traces the history of the brothers, whose grandfather opened a chocolate shop in 1950s Accrington and whose shop window displayed cardboard boxes of confectionery wonders waiting to be discovered.

Using original box designs from their grandfather’s shop, developed in collaboration with the Cardboard Box Company, these boxes will come alive using animation and projection mapping, with a confection of magical tales, like something from a fairy story.