DIVIDED

DIVIDED continues SpY’s ongoing research into the relationship between body, space, and perception, using monumental scale and light to alter how viewers experience and move through the urban environment.

The installation takes the form of a large luminous sphere of intense red light, split into two identical halves and separated in space. Each hemisphere is held within a metal structure made from industrial scaffolding, a material commonly associated with construction sites and here revealed as a core element of the work’s visual and conceptual language.

The red light, a recurring element in SpY’s recent practice, acts as an emotional and immersive force, transforming the site into a suspended atmosphere. Rather than simply occupying a location, the work redefines it, turning perception, scale, and the body into its primary materials.

DIVIDED is activated through audience interaction. Visitors move between the two halves of the sphere, entering a corridor of light that fully envelops them. In this passage, the viewer shifts from external observer to active participant, positioned at the literal point of fracture. The journey between the two forms reshapes the relationship between body and structure, drawing the experience inward and into the core of the installation.

The work forms part of SpY’s Earth series, which includes Earth, Divided, and Confronted. Presented previously in cities such as Madrid, Athens, Riyadh, and Ghent, the series reflects on themes of fragmentation, conflict, and coexistence, offering a symbolic reading of the contemporary world.

CYCLES

Cycles is a kinetic sculpture by SpY composed of nine rings that rotate on their axes, generating a continuously shifting visual ensemble.

The rings are stacked in a delicate balance, suggesting a stability as calculated as it is fragile. Driven from the base by a concealed mechanism, the work unfolds a perpetual choreography, producing infinite patterns as the shapes intersect, collide, and transform before the viewer’s eyes. The sculpture turns movement and time into its primary materials, creating an ever-changing dialogue between form, space, and perception.