SHY SYNCHRONY

A KINETIC INSTALLATION

 

Shy Synchrony is a poetic, upside-down landscape of moving Shylights that perpetually bloom in mid-air, inviting visitors to contemplate natural rhythms and their soothing effect on our state of being. The largest of DRIFT’s Shylights installations to date, the site-specific exhibition provides visitors a moment of synchrony with their immediate surroundings. In a time that is defined by human isolation and a disconnect from nature, this work aims to address the need for a new alignment with our environment and a return to the strength of communal interaction has arisen. Shy Synchrony explores our innate response, individually and collectively, to natural movements, creating a deepened sense of awareness for the singular qualities of all environments we traverse.

 

Shy Synchrony, Basel 2021 | Photo: Ossip van Duivenbode