Color Stream

2024, site-specific installation

Colored transparency sheets, fishing line

Color Stream was created for the 2024 Spring Bulb Show at the Botanic Garden of Smith College, an annual tradition dating back to the early twentieth century that draws thousands of visitors each March to witness ten thousand flowering bulbs in the historic greenhouse. For this installation, over seventy hand-cut transparency sheets in vibrant hues hang suspended above the flowers, their organic forms flowing through the space. As the sun moved across the sky, light passed through the colored sheets and casted shifting pools of color across the blossoms and walls below, transforming the room throughout the day.

The installation invites sunlight into the room as an active participant rather than passive backdrop. Photosynthesis—the process by which plants convert light into life—typically occurs beyond the threshold of human perception. Color Stream makes this invisible exchange visible, asking viewers to consider the constant dialogue between plants and light with fresh attention. What we witness in the greenhouse is a meditation on reciprocity: the sun gives, the plants receive, and we are invited to pause within that exchange.