CLOUD is an interactive light sculpture created from 6,000 light bulbs by Canadian artists Wayne Garrett & Caitlind r.c. Brown (Calgary). The piece utilizes everyday domestic light bulbs and pull strings, re-imagining their potential to create wonder and inspire collaboration. As part of the process of creating the sculpture, the artists collected burnt out incandescent light bulbs from the surrounding community, forging an informal relationship with non-artists, reducing costs, and asking audiences to reconsider household items in an artistic context. CLOUD is created using a "skin" of incandescent light bulbs (new and burnt out). This skin is illuminated from inside the sculpture by 250 compact fluorescent light bulbs, controlled by visitors. During exhibition, viewers interact with CLOUD by initiating impromptu collaborations, working as a collective to turn the entire sculpture on and off.
Editions of CLOUD have appeared at Nuit Blanche Calgary (Canada), Garage Center for ContemporaryCulture (Moscow, Russia), Signal Festival (Prague, Czech Republic), and GLOW Forum of Light + Architecture (Eindhoven, Netherlands). A permanent evolution of the sculpture called CLOUD CEILING was recently installed in Progress Bar in Chicago, USA, utilizing LEDs, motion sensors, and 15,000 light bulbs.
