Research notes for project planning
What the project record tells us
2017 Amsterdam Light Festival version within the broader Brocken series.
Light enters through a deliberately enclosed space
Chida’s Brocken series began by opening holes in a building being demolished, allowing light to enter through layered walls and a ceiling. Brocken 6 A is documented for Amsterdam Light Festival in 2017 as a steel structure measuring four by six by four meters. Movement through the interior changes the points of light a viewer perceives. A planning brief should ask which external light sources and surrounding reflections the proposed version will use, and how visitors will enter and circulate without erasing the darkness that makes those changes legible.
Yasuhiro Chida — Brocken 6 A ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10
For your project briefWhich exterior light sources and entry conditions will preserve the intended interior darkness?
Big Art Partners planning prompt Forest installation at the 2019 festival on Vlieland, Netherlands.
Thread becomes a three-dimensional projection surface
For the 2019 Into The Great Wide Open festival on Vlieland, Chida stretched kilometers of white silk thread through a dark forest. A projector sent rising lines of light across this three-dimensional network; intersections with differently angled threads made luminous particles appear to travel at different speeds. The installation included walking paths and an area where visitors could lie down. A host should ask how thread anchoring, projector access and audience paths can be planned together while retaining the low-density material effect and the surrounding darkness.
Yasuhiro Chida — Analemma at Into The Great Wide Open ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10
For your project briefHow will thread anchors, projection access and visitor paths preserve the spatial light effect?
Big Art Partners planning prompt Water-and-LED installation with variable dimensions, documented from 2017.
A water droplet performs the projection
In 0.04, an LED and a thin water pipe are suspended in a dark room. Each falling droplet acts as a changing lens, sending patterns across the walls, ceiling and floor; the sound of the drops also helps visitors notice the intervals between events. Chida documents variable room sizes and presentations at galleries and festivals from 2017 onward. A venue considering this material process should ask how water collection, access to the suspended equipment and near-dark viewing conditions can be reconciled with everyday operation.
Yasuhiro Chida — 0.04 ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10
For your project briefHow will water handling and overhead servicing work alongside near-dark visitor conditions?
Big Art Partners planning prompt 
