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Light and Shadow Instruments

The Light and Shadow Instruments Project merges architecture and the performing arts through a transdisciplinary collaboration that explores the musical potential of daylight. The Instruments - architectural models designed to capture and measure solar angles during equinoxes and solstices - will be played live, actively translating light into sound. The project will culminate in a public performance and an accompanying exhibition of architectural drawings, graphic musical notation, and sculptural objects.