GEOMETRIC MEDITATION
→ in progress

GO
→ GO04
→ GO03
→ GO02
→ GO01

SEI
→ SEI06
→ SEI05
→ SEI03
→ SEI02

EN
→ EN04
→ EN03
→ EN02

SHIKAKU
→ SHIKAKU08
→ SHIKAKU07
→ SHIKAKU05
→ SHIKAKU04

MI
→ MI02
→ MI01

GALLAXY
→ GALAXY03
→ GALAXY02
→ GALAXY01

EDUCATION
→ TEACHING
→ MAPPATHON™

COMMISSIONS
AUDIO-VISUAL
DESIGN
CONSULTING

ABOUT
CONTACT

SEI05

INTERACTIVE LIGHT INSTALLATION

CREDIT

MATEIRAL

SIZE

Concept & Design: CHIKA
Science Collaborator: Dr. Emily Rice
Sensor Programming: Calli Higgins, Neil Hickey
Advisor: Alex Burdin, GarageCube

LEDs, DMX control, custom software, electronics, computer, Kinect sensor

9 x 9 x 9 ft

CONCEPT

SEI (pronounced "say") takes its name from a Japanese sound shared by words meaning star (星), silence (静) and life (生).

SEI05, a collaboration between CHIKA and scientist Dr. Emily Rice, is a game of discovery built around three actions: find, activate, and learn. Just as astronomers search the night sky for faint stars, visitors search for a hidden star shape, moving until they see it. When they find the right position, the whole structure, an outer icosahedron, lights up. Each color and flashing pattern represents a key property of an exoplanet, a planet orbiting a distant star.

The work draws on Dr. Rice's research on very low-mass stars, which are numerous throughout the Milky Way and may host more potentially habitable exoplanets than Sun-like stars do. Turning scientific data into play, SEI05 invites visitors to have fun while they learn, discovering where life beyond Earth might be found.

EXHIBITION

2021-22
2018

Glow: Discover the Art of Light, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, USA
New York Hall of Science, Queens, New York, NY, USA

PRESS

2021

ABC7 News, "Discover the art of light at the Exploratorium's 'Glow' exhibit," San Francisco, CA, USA