Bocci’s Luminous Installation Reimagines the Holiday Tree
Light and form.
In a darkened, open-concept space in downtown Vancouver, cascading orbs of glowing light descend from the ceiling. Shapes of Light, the recent installation from Vancouver-based lighting company Bocci, plays with lighting and form to create a luminescent sculpture.
With flexible copper suspension, 121 glass-blown pendants from the Bocci 28 series were assembled to form a structure reminiscent of an evergreen tree: “a quiet rendering of a familiar seasonal silhouette,” the company explains. More than just a finished work to admire, the installation was distinctly process-driven. Envisioned as a choreography of light and form, each of the glass spheres was individually placed by two performers. This process created a structure that’s inherently expressive and unique.
“Shapes of Light reflects the studio’s ongoing exploration of how form gives meaning to light,” explains Erin Challoner Waugh, Bocci’s chief brand officer. “By shaping it, containing it, and allowing it to unfold in space, the installation treats light not as decoration but as an experiential medium, one that creates moments of warmth, attentiveness, and presence within the season.”
Each of the 28 series pendants, selected in hues of green, has recesses within the hand-blown glass that allow the light to diffuse in a way. Each sphere is sculptural on its own, but brought together with the mouldable copper wire, they come together to create an installation that pulls you in and brings attention to the beauty of material and the subtle refractions of light.
Photos by Fahim Kassam.
