Sun Catcher 2020
A suspended light installation in the main atrium of Rowan View Hospital; a brand new £53 million Mental Health facility in Merseyside. Commissioned by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust to create a relaxing and sensory environment for staff, visitors and service users.
49 blown glass ‘raindrops’ with custom light-diffracting optics, project vivid spectral colours around the atrium space in moments of sunlight. The artwork evokes the natural phenomena of rainbows - when sunlight passes through rain, and light is refracted into multiple colours. During low winter sun, the adjacent office spaces are bathed in saturated colour.
The work changes throughout the day and time of year, responding to seasonal weather and the position of the sun in the sky. As evening falls, the work glows with energy-efficient fibre optic illumination, enhancing the prismatic effects that can be seen within each glass raindrop.
Watch a short film here :
