Suspended sculpture on the ceiling plinth of the client’s lobby, consisting of eighty-five borosilicate glass discs, each eighteen inches in diameter and coated via a vacuum deposition of thin film dichroic, suspended with aluminum rods and alight with LED lighting. The sculpture is accompanied with a commissioned video composition on the adjacent AV wall by the artists.

Inspired by the sun’s spectral wavelength and the movement of light, Journey of the Sun follows an analemma – a diagram that traces the sun’s position from a fixed position on Earth throughout a year. The eighty-five convex translucent color coated glass discs are suspended and arranged in the shape of a slender figure eight curve, like an analemma. The sculpture seemingly floats within the client’s lobby, its integrated illumination creates an array of caustics and reflections on the ceiling plinth. The refractions of colors, ranging from yellow, red, blue mix and overlay creating an organic and dynamic sense of fluidity. Journey of the Sun is accompanied by a video piece, both echoing the spectral hues and energy of the daily spectacle of light on earth.

Journey of the Sun imitates the full range of colors of the wavelength of light, gradually shifting and transforming the space into an ephemeral glow, immersing visitors in spectral tones of hues.

LUFTWERK, Journey of the Sun, 2023. Site-specific commission in collaboration with Volume Gallery.

A three-dimensional mural by Nigerian native and Brooklyn, NY-based artist Olalekan Jeyifous symbolizes the rich history and cultural heritage of the former Brooklyn neighborhood, a predominantly Black community in Charlotte’s Second Ward that was razed in the city’s “urban renewal” movement in the 1960s and ‘70s.

OLALEKAN JEYIFOUS, Illumitage, 2023. Site-specific commission.