Filament

Presented by: Tauranga Arts Festival

Artists: Angus Muir and Catherine Ellis
Sound Design: Peter Hobbs

A light installation that will absorb and awe you.

A dense field of black fibreglass rods forms a quiet, gridded volume activated by laser light and spatial sound. As beams cut through the structure, they catch on thousands of fine surfaces, revealing shifting planes, flickers, and moments of interference that feel both digital and organic. The rigid geometry begins to dissolve, appearing to ripple, breathe, and reconfigure in real time.

With an enveloping surround soundscape, Filament becomes an immersive field rather than a fixed object, drawing audiences into a space where light behaves like a material and structure becomes atmosphere.

Best experienced after dark.

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