beneath a glowing ceiling veil of living light commissioned by Steve Dietz for theNorthern Spark Festival, was presented from sunset June 4, 2011 to surise June 5, 2011. It transformed one arch of the Stone Arch Bridge into a chamber that invited people to experience the bioluminescence that illuminated the night within this space. Glowing plankton inhabited a membrane of soft vessels filled with seawater. Together they formed a liquid veil suspended within the arch. The plankton were in tune with the night phase of their cycle, ready to luminesce in response to small and grand movements of the water in which they dwelled.
Conceived as an ambient site that was responsive to the presence of people who visited, the water in the soft vessels was animated by delicate vibrations as people entered and experienced the chamber. There is a sense that the glowing light is responsive to people's movement within the space and at the same time this relationship is subtle, suggesting the emergence of a collaborative atmosphere that shifts with the flow of people.
This image is a concept rendering of the project that was installed under a terrestrial arch of the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis, MN.
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