Anima terra at the new art institute of chicago

With the opening of the new modern wing at the Chicago Art Institute, we are presenting the commissioned ‘Anima Terra’, a sculptural landscape internally illuminated by LEDs. This work is a collaboration with Samsung, and the latest in a series of laboratory projects. As a continuation of our experimental lighting work using LEDs, Anima Terra (Latin for living earth, or living landscape), is a sculptural topographic surface made of thin layers of formed metal that are individually and invisibly lit from within to enable a range of inner lighting expressions. These expressions are inspired by natural phenomena, like the changing light from dawn to dusk. Like a living landscape that changes over time, Anima Terra uses LED technology to evoke and celebrate the animating ‘inner glow’ – both natural and artificial – that is everywhere in the world around us.