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with the opening of the new modern wing at the chicago art institute, yves béhar is presenting the commissioned ‘anima terra’, a sculptural landscape internally illuminated by LED’s. this work is a collaboration with samsung, and the latest in a series of laboratory projects. as a continuation of his experimental lighting work using LED’s, ‘anima terra’ (latin for living earth, or living landscape), is a sculptural topographic surface made of thin layers of formed metal that are individually and invisibly lit from within to enable a range of
inner lighting expressions. these expressions are inspired by natural phenomena, like the changing light from dawn to dusk.

like a living landscape that changes over time, ‘anima terra’ uses LED technology to evoke and celebrate the animating ‘inner glow’ – both natural and artificial – that is everywhere in the world around us.

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