Spectra (installation)

Spectra is the name of a series of art installations by Ryoji Ikeda which use intense white light as a sculptural material.

[1] The most recent presentation of spectra was in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia for four days ending 24 June, 2018 to mark the winter solstice, and as an installation piece at the Dark Mofo festival held by MONA.

The first was a tunnel of light and sound at JFK Airport at Eero Saarinen's abandoned TWA Terminal in New York in 2004.

Installed and active from sunset to sunrise 14-23 June 2013 as part of Beam In Thine Own Eye, a group exhibition for the first Dark Mofo Festival.

"[5] The London installation consisted similarly of 49 Xenon searchlights shining together into the sky, accompanied by a soundscape.

spectra [london] , 2014. The beam could be seen for miles above the rooftops and chimneys of London.
spectra [tasmania] pierces the Hobart Skyline, 22 June 2013.
Spectra London, Victoria Tower Gardens