Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory, one of the largest greenhouse conservatories in the United States, will play host to Solarise: A Sea of All Colors. The Solarise is a series of five light and sculpture art installations by multimedia artists Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero of Luftwerk.
According to Chicago Curbed, each installation will highlight a different part of the conservatory, putting an emphasis to its architecture, plant collection and interior design. The names of the installations are The Beacon, Portal, Florescence, Seed of Light and Prismatic. The Beacon's 14 LED light strands will be installed in the dome of the conservatory, while Florescence will make use of LED lighting to put a shadow play in the walls of the cultural gem's Show House.
The Seed of Light, on the other hand, will be positioned in the famous Horticulture Hall for a "kinetic chandelier of light," while the Prismatic promises an amazing lights and sounds show. Lastly, The Portal's floating mirror piece will make use of the building's reflection pool. All of these installations will be done with proper respect to the conservatory's environmental intentions, since the installations will be powered by energy from solar panels.
Based on the report of DNA Info, the Garfield Park Conservatory, is being maintained by the Chicago Park District and the City of Chicago. Its present structure was designed and built by landscape pioneer Jens Jensen, in collaboration with the New York engineering firm Hitchings and Company, in 1908. The Conservatory is also famous for growing a rare species called Double Coconut Palm. Parts of the conservatory like the Fern Room, recently went under renovation after damages sustained during a hailstorm in 2011, costing a total of $5.4 million.
The installation will be unveiled in time for the Autumn equinox on Sept. 23, and will close a year later on Sept. 22, 2016.
