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AURORA

2009

AURORA, 2009 – 2010, Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters, New York, NY, Stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, LEDs, custom lighting sequence, and electrical hardware.
13′ × 8′ × 6′ (3.96 m × 2.44 m × 1.83 m)

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.

Grimanesa Amorós AURORA, 13 x 8 x 6-foot commissioned LED sculpture and light sculpture in the storefront window of Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE headquarters, New York, 2009 to 2010. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, its form was inspired by the sweeping strips of shifting color of the Aurora Borealis, its light unfolding like stars across the polar horizon within Frank Gehry's boutique. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.
Grimanesa Amoros video thumbnail for AURORA
Grimanesa Amorós AURORA, 13 x 8 x 6-foot commissioned LED sculpture and light sculpture in the storefront window of Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE headquarters, New York, 2009 to 2010. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, its form was inspired by the sweeping strips of shifting color of the Aurora Borealis, its light unfolding like stars across the polar horizon within Frank Gehry's boutique. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.
AURORA, 2009, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters, New York, NY
Grimanesa Amorós AURORA, 13 x 8 x 6-foot commissioned LED sculpture and light sculpture in the storefront window of Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE headquarters, New York, 2009 to 2010. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, its form was inspired by the sweeping strips of shifting color of the Aurora Borealis, its light unfolding like stars across the polar horizon within Frank Gehry's boutique. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.
AURORA, 2009, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters, New York, NY
Grimanesa Amorós AURORA, 13 x 8 x 6-foot commissioned LED sculpture and light sculpture in the storefront window of Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE headquarters, New York, 2009 to 2010. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, its form was inspired by the sweeping strips of shifting color of the Aurora Borealis, its light unfolding like stars across the polar horizon within Frank Gehry's boutique. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.
AURORA, 2009, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters, New York, NY
Grimanesa Amorós AURORA, 13 x 8 x 6-foot commissioned LED sculpture and light sculpture in the storefront window of Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE headquarters, New York, 2009 to 2010. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, its form was inspired by the sweeping strips of shifting color of the Aurora Borealis, its light unfolding like stars across the polar horizon within Frank Gehry's boutique. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.
AURORA, 2009, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters, New York, NY
Grimanesa Amorós AURORA, 13 x 8 x 6-foot commissioned LED sculpture and light sculpture in the storefront window of Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE headquarters, New York, 2009 to 2010. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, its form was inspired by the sweeping strips of shifting color of the Aurora Borealis, its light unfolding like stars across the polar horizon within Frank Gehry's boutique. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.
AURORA, 2009, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters, New York, NY
Grimanesa Amorós AURORA, 13 x 8 x 6-foot commissioned LED sculpture and light sculpture in the storefront window of Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE headquarters, New York, 2009 to 2010. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, its form was inspired by the sweeping strips of shifting color of the Aurora Borealis, its light unfolding like stars across the polar horizon within Frank Gehry's boutique. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.
AURORA, 2009, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters, New York, NY
Grimanesa Amorós AURORA, 13 x 8 x 6-foot commissioned LED sculpture and light sculpture in the storefront window of Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE headquarters, New York, 2009 to 2010. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, its form was inspired by the sweeping strips of shifting color of the Aurora Borealis, its light unfolding like stars across the polar horizon within Frank Gehry's boutique. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.
AURORA, 2009, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters, New York, NY
Grimanesa Amorós AURORA, 13 x 8 x 6-foot commissioned LED sculpture and light sculpture in the storefront window of Tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE headquarters, New York, 2009 to 2010. Made of stainless steel, diffusion and reflective material, and LEDs, its form was inspired by the sweeping strips of shifting color of the Aurora Borealis, its light unfolding like stars across the polar horizon within Frank Gehry's boutique. Light sculpture by Grimanesa Amorós.
AURORA, 2009, tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE Headquarters, New York, NY