Rojo Fulgor
Site specific Light installation, 2025, Santiago de Chile

The apparent movement of the sun and the color gradients in the sky are deeply ingrained in our imagination. Although the sky is perceived as a static dome, it is actually a vast expanse of constantly transforming gases. If we think of light as the condition that makes vision possible, and the visual as light, we can feel immersed in the light of the atmosphere.

Red Glow is a light installation that works with the subtlety of light's color changes, blurring the perception of time and space, and generating a kind of suspended state. It proposes an experience of being in the light, in which the sensory and the emotional intertwine. Through lighting devices integrated into the architecture, a poetic environment will be constructed that combines scientific research and affective resonance.

Light, like sound, is a temporal phenomenon. Its constant transformation allows for the creation of immersive atmospheres that affect our perception in a subtle yet profound way. While the sun emits all wavelengths of the visible spectrum, the waves we perceive as "red" are the first to reach our eyes when the sun is at its farthest point—at sunset or sunrise. What is the relationship between this scientific fact and the emotional, sensory, and poetic implications of that color?

I am interested in exploring that deep core, that invisible underwater current that shapes the structure of a fluid, ever-changing, almost imperceptible sensation, like the shifting colors of the sky.

Within this framework, the concept of chromosaturation, developed by Carlos Cruz-Diez, is also incorporated as a reference point for considering total immersion in color. Not as an end in itself, but as a tool to enhance the perception of color as an autonomous and living reality.

The installation was realized in the foyer on the second floor of the University of Chile Theater in Santiago, Chile. Taking advantage of its architecture—where artificial light highlights the morphology of the ceilings—the light wells of the space were transformed. The design incorporated light gradients inspired by the colors of the sky at sunset: warm, enveloping reddish tones and a 7-minute animation. The red of the carpet is integrated as an active element, enhancing the immersive experience.
fotos y video: Luis Bahamondes
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