What Once Was Bright was a site specific lighting installation. I had always found myself drawn to a forested area near my college campus, and was saddened to hear the school had bought the land and intended to demolish the trees to make way for a parking lot. Shortly after the trees had all been bulldozed I revisited the site. Using satellite images I captured where the trees once stood and placed a narrow beamed light in its stead. The dust from the construction, in addition to a few hazers, let the new light trees stand tall as their shafts of light were visible high into the sky. Viewers of the piece could walk amongst the lights and be completely surrounded by light shafts.
