Dots of light move across the screen in radiating patterns rhythmically tied to the sound of a recorded heart beat. The work appears at once both universal and microscopic. As the work proceeds we discover that the specks of light are in fact the movement of 50 cheerleaders with light sticks and the sound is their heartbeats, recorded as they dance. Light Wave connects the individual to the larger universe and conveys a feeling of optimism drawn from the collective action of a group of people, signaling to the skies.

Realised for Knowle West Health Park, Bristol, UK.

Text: Ros Carter