Projects.
Amsterdam Light Festival
Solstice.
Solstice is inspired by the path of the Sun, or ecliptic, that sweeps north and south between the northern and southern hemispheres. This movement creates and regulates the passing of the seasons, each season with its own unique set of rituals.
Moving through the artwork, we enter as the bright white light of the midday sun changes to golden light, eventually fading into rich oranges as the sun sets under the bridge.
Color and light have a powerful effect on how we feel, capable of evoking different feelings and even influencing our physical responses. Solstice brings the warmth of the summer sun to the cold nights in Amsterdam, sit back and bathe in the glow.
Spin Me a Yarn.
Spin Me a Yarn features three oversized yarn balls, each with its own long trail that loops and weaves around its environment.
With its larger-than-life design and conspicuous scale, Spin Me a Yarn is an unusual addition to its surroundings that intentionally prompts a re-evaluation of the commonplace.
With yarn preparation being one of the contributors to the fashion industryβs global carbon emissions, Spin Me a Yarn examines the unsustainable practices that underpin our modern lifestyles. It serves as a reminder of the intricate threads that bind us all and the collective responsibility that we bear in shaping the future.
iLight Singapore
Lux Helsinki
End Over End.
The slinky is a familiar toy to most people. In this giant form it is nostalgic and surreal, playfully transforming buildings and rooftops into a virtual playground.
Each coil of the enormous spring is illuminated in turn to create the familiar flowing form of a slinky tumbling end-over-end. The unusually oversized scale of the slinky turns the proportions between us and the toy upside down, creating a sense of shrinking, as if we were Alice in Wonderland. End Over End playfully questions our role as viewers, disrupting our usual relationship with objects and our environment.
The slinky has been a popular and recognisable toy since the 1940s, and since then there have been enough made to circle the world at least 150 times. Originally the spring toy was made of metal, but for the last 40 years it is often remembered in its rainbow plastic form. Plastics have an enormous impact on the environment and have resulted in a significant amount of waste and pollution.
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Supernova.
Some stars burn out instead of fading. The super giants destroy themselves in a huge explosion called supernova. For a brief moment, supernovas can be so powerful and luminous that they have been known to outshine entire galaxies. They can even radiate more light than our sun will do in its entire lifespan.
On Earth, recycling signs are everywhere, urging us to save our planet while we still can. In space, galaxies recycle without any signs to remind them. Stars like Supernovas might pollute when they explode, but galaxies recycle to make new stars.
When stars die, elements inside them are swept out into space. But one starβs afterlife can mean anotherβs birth. After the explosion, the remains of the dead star scatter into space, swirling into the circumgalactic medium, or CGM. The CGM acts as a giant recycling plant, absorbing matter ejected by the galaxy and later pushing it right back in to create new stars.
Our Beating Heart.
An unexpected sight to behold outside of a nightclub venue or disco, Our Beating Heart brings the mirror ball principle to a larger scale. As the sculpture slowly rotates, urban spaces come alive. Dapples of light dance and shift, transforming buildings and streets, making each surrounding surface appear to blend into the other.
Our Beating Heart is inspired by the idea of shared love and the disco ballβs ability to bring people together. The multi-faceted mirrored surface reflects the diversity of the crowd, creating a sense of unity and shared experience. It attempts to show how the many facets of a single human existence can have wider reach than we may think. It is easy to become more insular and feel disconnected from others in a time of increasing global uncertainty and anxiety. But what we are, and what we do, can affect everything around us.
Canary Wharf London