For Art Basel Miami, I created a drifting light phenomenon for Rivian, drawing from the Aurora Borealis as a living architecture of light.
The Rivian R1 sits directly in the sand, surrounded by dunes, fog, and a field of moving laser light. Ten high-power lasers sweep through the atmosphere, forming layered bands of teal and violet that echo the vertical depth and presence of the northern lights, translated into something grounded, physical, and immediate. Light behaves like weather, gathering and dispersing around the vehicle as if drawn to it.
Bringing a laser installation into an outdoor beach environment introduces constant variables. Wind reshapes the atmosphere, tides and weather influence positioning, and mapping precision has to adapt in real time. Add a moving crowd and an open public space, and the installation becomes less of a fixed object and more of a living system. Rather than resisting those conditions, the work is designed to absorb them, allowing the environment and the people within it to actively shape the light.
That unpredictability is what gives the piece its charge. At its core, this work is about translating invisible forces into something you can feel. Electricity, motion, air, and human presence fold into a single living moment. I want people to step inside the light and feel that quiet sense of awe that comes with witnessing the northern lights for the first time. A fleeting alignment of energy and atmosphere. A brief, luminous phenomenon shared in real time.
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