Lucid Stead — Light Installation in California Desert
U.S. artist Phillip K. Smith III
has created a striking and original piece of installation art called
Lucid Stead in the desert near Joshua Tree, California that has been
turning heads due to the graceful and beautiful way in which it
interacts with its environment.
To create the striking piece, Smith took a 70-year-old homestead cabin
and ripped out parts of the walls, replacing these strips with mirrors.
These long mirrors, along with the mirrored windows, serve to make it
look like the building isn’t all there – as if it’s deteriorating into
the desert. At night, after the building has reflected the stunning
desert sunset, the mirrored windows are illuminated by LED panels of
different colors, giving the building a new, more alien appearance. The
pieces creates the illusion that you’re observing the real-life
manifestations of an impossible surreal piece of artwork.
Smith describes the artwork in his own words; “Lucid Stead is
about tapping into the quiet and the pace of change of the desert. When
you slow down and align yourself with the desert, the project begins to
unfold before you. It reveals that it is about light and shadow,
reflected light, projected light, and change.”
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