The Only WayOut Is In
Overview
A tunnel of rainbow arches set against the open desert. Step inside and the horizon falls away, because the only way out is in.
StudioCosmic Chromatics
TypeWalk-through installation
ScopeDesign & fabrication
PaletteThe full spectrum
The Design
Each arch carries a single hue, so walking the tunnel becomes a walk through the spectrum. We modeled the piece at golden hour to see how light would move through the color before anything was built.
Fabrication
Large-scale work starts small. Before the spectrum stood up in the desert, it was a box of hardware: counted, sorted and ready.
Engineering and color move together in our shop. The structure has to disappear so the light can take over.
A bright line to follow when the horizon disappears.The Only Way Out Is In
On Site
Then the weather arrived. Dust swallowed the desert, and the arches held their color, a passage you could still find when everything else went white.
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