Kinorbital Habitats

A constellation of suspended bubbles containing colorful microcosms of abstract ecology hang at varying heights, roughly at eye-level with viewers, inviting them to peer inside. As the viewer walks around the suspended composition, the bubbles spin or bounce softly due to wire suspension and drafts. Upon closer inspection, the viewer can be immersed in exploring these vibrant, naïve, coral-like habitats. What is flora and what is fauna in this abstract organism? When hit with direct external lights, refractions, caustic shapes and animated shadows are cast onto the installation’s surroundings, making these little biomes truly come alive.

Blurring the line between natural and surreal, abstract and figurative, organic and artificial material, the installation plays with the viewer's perception and engages them in a tactile, immersive experience that rewards close observation. On a macro level of perception, the installation seems to just be made of colourful spheres. After the stimuli of colourful lights, one moves beyond surface impression to a micro level of perception, and fantastical worlds unfold that the viewer can microscopically examine.