Maja Petric
Maja Petric works with light and cutting-edge technologies such as AI to create immersive installations and dynamic sculptures that evoke the sublime in nature. Eliciting nature allows her to engage people with their innate connection with the environment and other fellow humans to the degree that one can recognize unity with something greater than oneself in a vast and interconnected universe. Maja has exhibited globally from New York to Hong Kong, London to Seattle, Madrid to Sao Paulo, and her artwork has been included in major exhibitions at Farol Santander, MadArt Studio, Google Permanent Art Collection, Amazon HQ Gallery, Wonderspaces, Winston Wächter Fine Art Gallery, etcetera. Maja has received multiple prizes including the Lumen Prize for Art and Technology for the best interactive art, Microsoft Research Residency Award, Richard Kelly Light Art Award, Doctoral Fellowship from National Science Foundation, and a finalist for International Light Art Award, Arts Innovator Award, FastCo. Innovation by Design Awards, and others. Her work has been featured in the The New York Times, BBC, Fast Company, FRAME magazine, etcetera. Maja holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and a Master’s from New York University on the topic of transforming the poetic experience of space through the experimental use of technology.
The Passing Stars
Total running time – 3:40
The Passing Stars is made to emulate a constellation in which every person passing becomes one among the stars. The natural beauty of the universe is evoked to reveal connections between us and the rest of the world that often stay hidden in plain sight. As people move through the galaxy of stars, the light is extruded in their shape, living light trails of their presence across the star-scape.
The piece was recorded using Maja Petric’s custom interactive system that is programmed to recognize people in space, detect their bodies, record their silhouettes, and display them in the shape of stars.
Sound by Marcin Pączkowski
