Transient Light

Light provided the Shakers with structure to each day, gave life to their crops, and represented a divine connection between earth and worlds beyond.

Transient Light uses existing public infrastructure—urban bus stops—to create daily moments of reflection and wonder. Daily commutes are often routine—the same bus at the same time. We reframe and re-imagine a familiar space by adding custom lenses to a bus stop. As seasons change and weather patterns shift, the light inside the bus stop will shift and change as well. Bus stops are places of refuge from weather, and this one will change with the weather, creating new sensory experiences from within. The light, bent and borrowed, encourages presence and appreciation, a shared moment for those waiting and for those walking by. It transforms a familiar, unremarkable space into something unexpected and ethereal.