Created and Sold by Tonya Hart
Halo - Sculptures
Featured In Ontario Place Corporation, Toronto, Canada
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Halo installed at Ontario Place in Toronto
Stainless steel, LED 120 x 188 x 46″
Winter brings a swell of optical phenomena. The combination of light, water and cooler temperatures creates an infinite array of wonder from tiny ice crystal formations to grand illusions overwhelming the sky. Halos are optical illusions that occur when light interacts with ice crystals captured in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds such as in 22° halos, also called winter halos. Halos are white or colored when ice crystals act as prisms and disperse the light creating a spectrum of colors. For Ontario Place Winter Light Exhibition inspired by the curatorial vision of Disruptive Engagement I present HALO, a light-based sculpture installation of three winter halos that highlight the disruptive beauty found in winter light.
HALO represents a large-scale light art installation that seeks to connect viewers with the natural wonders of winter. Winter gives the casual viewer a new lens in which to see the world. It magnifies an infinitesimal world of water transformed into ice crystals and grandiose displays. The light that traverses through ice crystals to create a halo is fractured, dispersed and scattered. In the moment a halo forms, the ice crystals magically align to create a fleeting wonder. HALO captures the ephemeral nature of winter’s phenomenal magic and provides the viewer with an opportunity to discover, reflect and enjoy the interchange of light in winter day or night.
Stainless steel, LED 120 x 188 x 46″
Winter brings a swell of optical phenomena. The combination of light, water and cooler temperatures creates an infinite array of wonder from tiny ice crystal formations to grand illusions overwhelming the sky. Halos are optical illusions that occur when light interacts with ice crystals captured in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds such as in 22° halos, also called winter halos. Halos are white or colored when ice crystals act as prisms and disperse the light creating a spectrum of colors. For Ontario Place Winter Light Exhibition inspired by the curatorial vision of Disruptive Engagement I present HALO, a light-based sculpture installation of three winter halos that highlight the disruptive beauty found in winter light.
HALO represents a large-scale light art installation that seeks to connect viewers with the natural wonders of winter. Winter gives the casual viewer a new lens in which to see the world. It magnifies an infinitesimal world of water transformed into ice crystals and grandiose displays. The light that traverses through ice crystals to create a halo is fractured, dispersed and scattered. In the moment a halo forms, the ice crystals magically align to create a fleeting wonder. HALO captures the ephemeral nature of winter’s phenomenal magic and provides the viewer with an opportunity to discover, reflect and enjoy the interchange of light in winter day or night.
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