Mirage (2025) is a site-specfic public sculpture made as a collaboration with artist Kirsten Angerbauer as part of the City of Albuquerque Public Art’s CityBrights II Project.
Mirage was installed on the exterior of the Rosenwald Building, at 4th and Central in Downtown Albuquerque, from March to May of 2025.
The sculpture consists of a geometric frame strung with bird-scare tape, a reflective agricultural tape designed to protect crops from animals. Natural and projected light reflected off this tape, creating caustics on the building that react to wind and other environmental factors outside.
Several RGB spotlights installed below the structure lit the sculpture throughout the day, changing pattern, speed, and colors based off integrated sensors that collected temperature, humidity and noise data at the installation site. As the day progressed and the crowd off Central got louder, the colors projected on the sculpture became more frequent and vibrant.
Mirage was installed on the exterior of the Rosenwald Building, at 4th and Central in Downtown Albuquerque, from March to May of 2025.
The sculpture consists of a geometric frame strung with bird-scare tape, a reflective agricultural tape designed to protect crops from animals. Natural and projected light reflected off this tape, creating caustics on the building that react to wind and other environmental factors outside.
Several RGB spotlights installed below the structure lit the sculpture throughout the day, changing pattern, speed, and colors based off integrated sensors that collected temperature, humidity and noise data at the installation site. As the day progressed and the crowd off Central got louder, the colors projected on the sculpture became more frequent and vibrant.
