Horizon Is An Imaginary Line

An immersive light and sound installation that transforms the experience of the amphitheater into an interactive and poetic experience of nature.

A visitor observing the immersive installation which is creating tangible sculptures made of light.

HORIZON IS AN IMAGINARY LINE

An installation that immerses visitors in a vast, dark space. Through a combination of light and sound, it provides a transformative encounter with nature and aims to evoke awareness of our own transience. Using projectors and haze, abstract shapes manifest as ethereal sculptures made of light, enveloping and evolving around guests. These luminous creations transition from simple to intricate forms, mirroring the immense scope of the universe and the sublime essence of nature. Like the ever-shifting natural world, the light sculptures continuously transform, never settling into a static state. Employing generative algorithms, the lights and projections dynamically change, faithfully capturing the organic complexity found in nature. The moving beams of light embody a duality, simultaneously embodying physicality and ephemerality, figurative and abstract, stillness and dynamism. The interplay of light and sound defies capture as it adapts to the fog's condition and the position of each viewer, resulting in an ever-changing sensory experience.

A sculpture, created through moving light beams and haze, being wrapped around a visitor.

A visitor interrupting the light projections by passing their hand through the beam of light.

A generative light beam shining against a visitor, standing in an ever-changing experience of nature.

Multiple abstract shapes projected onto the ground, constantly shifting.

A visitor standing in between the abstract shapes created by the projectors.

A beam of light shining from behind a visitor experiencing the light and sound of the installation.

Multiple light projections transforming the immersive space into an ever-changing nature experience.

A beam of light shining from behind a visitor immersed in the light and sound of the installation.

A visitor immersed in the one of the states of nature created through blue light and fog.

A visitor encountering the intersecting projections used to capture the abstract evolving shapes.

The first piece of this kind was created in 2013 as part of Maja Petric's Ph.D. dissertation on Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light that investigated theoretical and practical artistic methods of expanding the perceptual hyperspace through algorithmic light.

The generative soundscape was composed by Daniel Peterson. It is an electroacoustic counterpoint to the experience of kinetic light that enhances the ambiance of space by appearing at the threshold of perception and then morphing over time.

Spatialized Sound: Daniel Peterson
Exhibited: Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, USA
Year: 2013