Loop is a collaborative artistic partnership founded by Harriet Lumby and Alan Hayes. Based in their Somerset studio, they have established a reputation for creating large-scale experiential installations at the intersection of technology, science, and art. With a combined practice of over thirty years focusing on utilizing reflections and illusion, a common theme has emerged throughout their visually impactful, architectural style work. Their playful sculptures invite audiences to be engulfed by intense and thought-provoking choreographed audio-visual journeys. Frequently collaborating with sound artists, musicians, and the science community has helped elevate their work, allowing deeper exploration of ideas and concepts and enhancing the bond between audience members and the works themselves. They have a track record in creating large-scale, site-specific work as well as touring installations, and have successfully done this in both the UK and internationally.
Emergence is a place for contemplation. A sanctum within which to consider the dynamic interplay between order and chaos and the momentous role this plays in systems, life, the self, the universe, and beyond.
Each section of this installation is carefully constructed to produce an optical illusion inside the unit, creating a complete sphere of light when viewed from up close that morphs into a giant grid of light when viewed from a short distance. This enables distinct experiences for the viewer which range from collective to intimate depending on location.
PULSE presents a framework for the consideration of light, sound, and space and their interrelation with spatial perception. With the infinite sequence of sun up and sun down, light itself depicts the human construct of time. This provides the basis of examination for the design concept of PULSE, with an emphasis on creating a structure that can play with scale and perception in both physical and visual terms. People are free to walk in, around, and through the structure — 12 large hoops covered in a mirror finish with individual LEDs totaling 14,400 pixels. Or they can just view it from a distance, as there is no designated point of observation.