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Documented artwork / immersive sound-and-light installation

Wave

Squidsoup

Wave arranges suspended light-and-sound orbs into the shape of a breaking wave. Each autonomous unit contributes a voice and light point to a coordinated, walk-through environment; the touring configuration develops an earlier Salisbury Cathedral commission.

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Image: squidsoup.org ↗

At a glance

Year / version
Original commission 2018–2019; subsequently developed for touring
Materials
LED lights, speakers, microcomputers
Documented setting
both
Dimensions
Approximately 16 × 6 × 5 metres high
Dimensions apply to
Touring Wave configuration on the current project page; individual venues and earlier versions may differ.
Availability
Unconfirmed

Places & versions

Installation history

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

  1. 30 November 2018 – 3 February 2019

    Salisbury Cathedral, From Darkness to Light

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How this work was made and presented

Studio documentation of Wave and its cathedral origin

Five hundred individual sources of light and sound

Squidsoup describes Wave as approximately five hundred suspended orbs, each combining LEDs, a speaker, a microcomputer, sensing and wireless communication. The studio connects this touring work to the original Salisbury Cathedral commission in 2018–19. Its approximate 16-by-6-by-5-metre envelope is a configuration reference, not a structural design. Available dates, support loads and the current technical package remain unconfirmed.

Squidsoup — Wave ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-11

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Which suspension layout and audio-control system would be proposed for the venue?

Big Art Partners planning prompt

Related 2019 desert and canal variations

Keep later desert variations distinct

The studio’s separate Desert Wave / Standing Wave account describes a 600-orb development shown at Burning Man in 2019 and then over the Arizona Canal at Canal Convergence. Burning Man Arts and Scottsdale Arts supported that project. This illustrates how one artistic concept can be adapted to contrasting settings; the later variation’s count and engineering should not be substituted for the touring Wave specification.

Squidsoup — Desert Wave / Standing Wave ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-11

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Is the proposed commission the touring Wave or a separately scoped development of it?

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Light art installations ↗Sound art installations ↗

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