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...

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...

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...

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...

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...