Fan of Spectrum, 2025
https://akikoyamashita.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_0885.mov Fan of Spectrum began as a happy accident in a hot summer warehouse in Los Angeles. Yamashita arrived with only dichroic film and discovered, while playing with PAR lights and the reflections of their spectrums, that a commercial fan at the venue could move the film to fan white light into a shifting spectrum […]
Supersymmetry Exploratorium, 2024
Installed as part of Glow exhibition at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, Supersymmetry (first realized in 2018) greeted visitors at the gallery entrance. The work explores optical transformation and the physical behavior of light, continuing to investigate particle physics principles through sculptural optics and projected light, now experienced in dialogue with other works in the […]
Hikari 10, 2023
Light art installation Hikari 10, created by Japanese artist Akiko Yamashita at the West Edge entrance portal, invites viewers on a transcendent journey into the beauty of light. This 55 feet wide, 27 feet tall, 80 feet deep animated light artwork, featuring ten wall and ceiling light strips along the staircase, merges the essence of […]
Supersymmetry, 2018
Supersymmetry is a light artwork originating from a sculptural brass body containing three, single-color LEDs. The single color travels through curved lenses and thin-film filters, diverging prior to converging on the projected surface. The artist normally works in the field of kinetic animation. Perpendicular – but not completely opposite – this static, non-animated light […]
Into the Light, 2017
Into the Light is an animated experience that constantly changes its state and the viewer’s perspective. Lights are choreographed to challenge one’s sense of scale. Every individual must decide how to interact with this installation in search of unique and favored moments. https://vimeo.com/228556051?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=1777082 Kaleidoscope 5 : UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Annual Gala “Light: A Celebration […]