Aether & Hemera are the ancient Greek god and goddess of brighter upper air and daylight. Aether is Claudio, the new media architect; Hemera is Gloria, the lighting artist. Aether & Hemera is interdisciplinary collaboration to research the aesthetic challenges of light and its power to trigger emotions and response, creating a sense of identity or setting a mood. Our installations, predominantly site specific, explore light’s creative and artistic potential to express ideas, emotions and surprising encounters; we perceive colours and light as an epiphany of possible beauty, a levity amplifier and a metamorphosis tool transforming spaces. We are interested in researching the ways in which glass, filters, plastics and other absorbing or reflecting materials can effectively be employed along with emerging or established lighting technologies such as LED’s, UV lamps, fibre optics and projections. We participate in Public Art for reciprocal enrichment: on one side we hope to provide engaging and poetic artworks while on the other partnerships with communities, artists and other professionals have become an important part of our creative process; their knowledge, ideas and values inspire and improve our practice.

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