AURORA

AURORA  at the tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters in New York, NY

Location: tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters | New York, NY, 2009 – 2010
Media: Stainless steel, diffusion material and reflective material, LEDs, custom lighting sequence, and electrical hardware
Dimensions: 13 ft x 8 ft x 6 ft

Inspired by the Northern Lights, Grimanesa Amorós takes the viewer on a journey in her work AURORA. This light sculpture was created for the window of Issey Miyake’s headquarters in TriBeCa. The installation was inspired by how the aurora borealis draws itself across the night sky in sweeping strips of shifting color and movement. Its form suggests light unfolding like the stars in the sky, echoing the natural arcs that illuminate the polar horizon.

AURORA’s location in the Issey Miyake storefront, connects with Amoros’s mission to “share the light with others” and the brand’s vision of innovation and fluidity into the urban landscape. Passersby were invited to pause in the rhythm of the city and encounter light as an ephemeral phenomenon that connects the earthly with the cosmic.

For Amorós, light is presence without physical form. It surrounds us and defines what we see, yet remains intangible and fleeting, as she puts it, “it is ephemeral.”

AURORA is a continuation of Amorós’s ongoing dialogue with nature, technology, and human connection.