To activate this piece, viewers are invited to touch the glowing green cattail. Once touched, the cattail turns orange and sends an electronic signal that triggers a wave of light to sweep across the field. This ripple disperses through the surrounding grass bundles, shifting in brightness and rhythm as it travels outward. Just like how this installation needs touch to come alive, real ecosystems supported by plants, rely on human action and care to keep thriving. Switch/Grass therefore is an exploration on ecological reciprocity.
We’re the treehouse collective; (Joe Kinsella, Liam Clarke, Daniel Pechersky, Diana Tran, Nathan Fischer) a group of interdisciplinary friends who love to tinker, build and dream big. We work together to create playful, interactive installations with a focus on light.