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Documented artwork / interactive light and video installation

The PORTAL

B!G ART

An interactive gateway invites visitors to operate a console controlling light, video and sound. The creator documents Canadian festival presentations, while Portland Winter Light Festival describes a later 16-foot configuration.

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Image from the project source for The PORTAL
Image: bigart.ca ↗© copyright B!gArt 2026 (as credited at source)

At a glance

Year / version
Not documented
Materials
circular video screen, LED lighting, interactive console
Documented setting
unknown
Dimensions
16-foot immersive structure with a 16-foot circular video screen
Dimensions apply to
Configuration described by Portland Winter Light Festival; source does not establish correspondence with the PDF’s particular physical version.
Availability
Unconfirmed

Places & versions

Installation history

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

  1. 2019

    Beakerhead, Calgary

    Event
    Beakerhead
    Start year
    2019

    Installation details checked 2026-10-17.

    Installation source

  2. Date not documented

    Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland

    Site
    Pioneer Courthouse Square
    City
    Portland
    State / region
    OR
    Country
    United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
    Address
    701 SW 6th Ave

    Installation details checked 2026-10-17.

    Installation source

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How this work was made and presented

Studio project page and 2019 event captions

A gateway presented through curiosity

B!gArt frames The PORTAL around the choice to investigate an unknown passage. Its project page documents appearances in the image captions at Freezer Burn and Beakerhead in 2019 and offers a rental inquiry route. Those references support an event history and the artist’s presentation concept. They do not supply dimensions, a technical rider or confirmed dates for a future booking.

B!gArt — The PORTAL ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-11

For your project brief

What physical interaction and operating package would the artist propose for this site?

Big Art Partners planning prompt

Pioneer Courthouse Square festival listing

A civic-square setting in Portland

Portland Winter Light Festival’s listing locates The PORTAL at Pioneer Courthouse Square and categorizes it as interactive art. The entry provides a specific urban-plaza precedent, where the work sits within a wider festival route. A new host should establish how the attraction’s approach, waiting area and exit would coexist with everyday pedestrian movement; the listing does not provide those operating dimensions.

Portland Winter Light Festival — The PORTAL ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-11

For your project brief

How would visitors approach, participate and rejoin normal plaza circulation?

Big Art Partners planning prompt
Interactive art installations ↗Light art installations ↗

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