Cloud Shadows

Mark Penisten

Let the cloud shadows wash over you in undulating waves as you wait for the experience to begin!

The RGBolz Ecosystem

Mason Talbott

The RGBolz Ecosystem uses the Conservatory as a living canvas, casting floodlight color washes to mix and mingle among the dense tropical foliage. These vibrant lights and their many-colored shadows i...

Constellation

Second Sight Visuals & Carolina Pérez-Moreno

Across time and culture, the groupings of stars were interpreted in a myriad of ways to form shapes and meanings. Through ever-changing patterns of light, Constellation asks you to look deeper to disc...

Kaleidoscope

GLEAM Team

Be dazzled by the rhythmic movement of blending color patterns!

Something May Answer

HYZ Studio

Hidden within the foliage, unseen creatures lie dormant, waiting to be awakened. Visitors are invited to speak into a series of sculptural microphones, sending waves of sound through the landscape. As...

Tower Crawler

Aaron Wilkie & Mark Penisten

Busy busy busy bugs!

Allium

Everything Good Studio

Allium is an interactive light-art sculpture inspired by allium flowers. Composed of hundreds of blossoms in a single cluster, alliums symbolize unity, prosperity, and perseverance. Through this lens ...

Enchanted Oasis

Jeff Cason & Brenda Pokorny

“Enchanted Oasis” is a multi-sensory installation that transforms a garden pathway into a magical oasis where natural beauty springs to life at your feet. Combining projected animation with a dreamlik...

Expression of the Nocturnal

Bob Baddeley

"Expression of the Nocturnal" is an illumination of Wisconsin native nocturnal creatures in their element. Many animals are active at dusk and night because the dark is their camouflage, but by making...

Star tunnel

Traditions Lighting

Warp through time in a star tunnel!

Sentinel Grove: The Genesis

Maxwell Emcays

Step into a landscape where the void first fractured into a conscious form. At the threshold stands Atna, a 10-foot low-poly colossus mask whose jagged, aluminum facets represent the raw, tectonic ene...

Aquatics II

Philipp Artus

Aquatics II is a generative underwater world in which animated sea creatures swim, interact, and come to life through abstract shapes and movement. Visitors can design their own creatures on a touchsc...

Filamental

Traditions

Traverse a waterway illuminated by colossal filaments.

Bog Music

SuperDaftBros

Under the gleam of Olbrich’s Royal Thai Pavilion, a musical bog garden emerges. Inspired by the exotic adaptations of carnivorous plants, “Bog Music” contemplates the shared experience of thriving in ...

The Jar Garden

Preserve Collaborative & Lightswitch Design

“The Jar Garden” is a biophilic journey and exploration of the connection between humans and Wisconsin’s other-than-human world, inspired by Aldo Leopold’s quote “To keep every cog and wheel is the fi...

Till Death Do Us Part

Michael Young

An illuminated “congregation “ of giant mantis lingers in the garden. Typically a solitary insect, mantises will occasionally eat one another when the mood strikes. Perhaps that's why a group of manti...

Cosmic Cuddle

Miki Masuhara-Page

Meet a giant sparkling illuminated cuttlefish brought to life! Standing 8 feet tall and stretching 15 feet long, this captivating creature is crafted from metal, fiberglass, glass, and resin. Its stee...

Angling Allure

Dan Schuknecht

This anglerfish dangles an illuminated lure to attract it's prey - exit the monster's mouth if you dare!