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Mouawad + Laurier · 2018 · Lumiere London, St Pancras tunnel

Our role Concept, light and LEDs, electronics, installation.

Bringing nature back where we are furthest from it. St Pancras may be one of the most urban places there is, where control and speed are essential. In the tunnel, the lights are linked to the wind and react to it in real time.

The wind, a living thing acting in space, is the only raw material: it animates a slow, contemplative light, against the grain of urban life. An anemometer installed at the tunnel exit drives the row of lights, in silence, for a passage used by thousands of travellers a day.

Lumiere London festival, January 2018, produced by Artichoke.

To programme this artwork: mouawadlaurier.com