As festivalgoers take a reprieve from the Panorama Music Festival in New York City, Volume shifts in response—redirecting light, sound, and attention back toward those nearby. Positioned as a moment of pause within the festival grounds, the mirrored cube absorbs and reflects the collective energy of people as they circulate around it.

The installation takes the form of a reflective cube whose surface reacts in real time to movement and sound. As people approach, mirrored panels subtly reorient, fragmenting reflections and folding bodies, motion, and atmosphere into the experience. Rather than presenting a fixed image, Volume continuously remixes its surroundings, foregrounding light and sound as primary building elements of space.

The work is rooted in the idea that space is not empty, but composed of a transparent volume shaped by air, particles, and motion. Small changes within this field alter how light and sound travel. In Volume, mirrored surfaces act as stand-ins for these particles, collectively shaping perception by delaying, multiplying, and redirecting reflection.

The installation is composed of a grid of one hundred mirrored panels, each capable of rotating independently. Depth cameras track movement around the cube, prompting mirrors to turn toward nearby bodies and creating the sensation that the installation is aware of its audience—acknowledging individual presence within a larger collective system.

Individually addressable LEDs integrated along the panel edges respond to ambient sound, causing the cube to pulse and shimmer in rhythm with music and crowd noise. As people move through the space, Volume continuously reconfigures itself, blurring the boundary between physical object and ephemeral condition and transforming reflection, light, and sound into a shared spatial moment.

Find out more about the process:
Technical development
Position Tracking
Testing and installation