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Documented artwork / audio-reactive light installation

Sonic Runway

Rob Jensen · Warren Trezevant

Live audio becomes moving patterns on a corridor of illuminated arches, traveling at the speed of sound. Official sources credit Rob Jensen and Warren Trezevant; tour producer Creos publishes a rental route and a range of touring configurations.

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At a glance

Year / version
Not documented
Materials
LEDs
Documented setting
outdoor
Dimensions
342–432 ft (105–132 m) long; 20–25 arches
Dimensions apply to
Touring configuration range published by Creos; not dimensions for every historical version or the PDF-listed physical set.
Availability
Unconfirmed

Places & versions

Installation history

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

  1. 2021

    San Jose City Hall, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA

    Site
    San Jose City Hall
    City
    San Jose
    State / region
    CA
    Country
    United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
    Address
    200 E Santa Clara St
    Start year
    2021

    Installation details checked 2026-09-21.

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How this work was made and presented

Artist description of the linear Sonic Runway experience

Make distance part of listening

Sonic Runway’s project account describes a corridor of illuminated arches that converts live audio into patterns traveling at the speed of sound. As visitors move along the corridor, they see light patterns recede or approach while hearing the synchronized beat. The installation consequently offers a spatial lesson as well as an audiovisual spectacle: the route itself is part of the work. For comparable commissions, test views along the route rather than only from the front.

Sonic Runway — project site ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10

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Does the proposed route offer enough movement and sightline depth to experience the traveling pattern?

Big Art Partners planning prompt

Documented City Hall Plaza configuration in San Jose

Design the corridor for public performance

San Jose’s presentation describes a City Hall Plaza version with twenty-five arches extending across 432 feet. Audio inputs at both ends supported performance from either direction, and the city’s cultural affairs office planned activation around the installation. These details show how a civic plaza setting can give a light corridor a program beyond its default sequence. For planning, the useful questions concern where performers and listeners gather, how sound reaches neighboring uses, and who coordinates the changing program across the plaza’s other activities.

Visit San Jose — Sonic Runway at City Hall ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-10

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Who would coordinate performances and manage the two ends of the installation?

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Light art installations ↗Outdoor sculpture & installations ↗Sound art installations ↗

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