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Documented artwork / interactive illuminated sculpture grouping

Shhh

Aurora Robson

Credit as documented: Aurora Robson

Shhh is Aurora Robson's illuminated grouping at Metropolitan Park in Arlington, installed in June 2023 according to the county. Thirty-six forms transform found mushrooms and hand-modeled shapes into enlarged, three-dimensional prints. The artist describes post-industrial medical-grade plastic, fiber optics and motion sensors. The lighting brightens gently when people move nearby, with a baseline rhythm compared to calm breathing. Robson connects the work to bioluminescent mushrooms in Virginia woodland. Arlington places it within the wider Met Park public-space project undertaken jointly by JBG Smith and the county.

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At a glance

Year / version
2023
Materials
post-industrial medical-grade plastic, fiber optics, motion sensors, hardware
Documented setting
outdoor
Dimensions
Artist: 65 × 14 × 7 ft tall; metric caption 19.812 × 4.26 × 2.13 m.
Dimensions apply to
Source measurements for the documented work only; component scopes, unlabeled axes and disagreements remain explicit. Not a relocation or engineering specification.
Availability
Unconfirmed

Places & versions

Installation history

Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.

  1. June 2023

    Metropolitan Park, 1400 S. Eads Street and 501 15th Street S., Arlington, Virginia

    Site
    Metropolitan Park
    Address
    1400 S. Eads Street and 501 15th Street S.
    Start date
    2023-06
    Date meaning
    documented

    Installation details checked 2026-10-17.

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Materials and construction

The artist gives a 65-by-14-foot extent and seven-foot height for the grouping. Those dimensions apply to the installation, not each mushroom. The county's broader material description is plastic debris.

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