Undercurrent

Undercurrent is CLB’s fourth GLOW entry and manifests itself as a field of individual elements that together create a singular, habitable form. The top of each piece is painted with reflective paint and rolled in fine glass beads that work together to create an illuminated canopy. 300+ pieces of #5 rebar, a common and inexpensive building material, were hammer drilled two feet into the ground and project 12′ above the ground. In plan, the installation takes the shape of a square with a path and inner void that allow visitors to inhabit and walk beneath the swaying canopy of light. The installation’s form is a response to power lines buried beneath it – the pathway through the center follows the path of the utilities, safely avoiding them while providing access to a central void.