Explore Judy Chicago's First Virtual Artwork

is renowned as an artist, author, feminist, educator and intellectual whose career spans five decades. She began her "Atmospheres" series in the late 1960s, working with pyrotechnics to produce complex firework pieces and presented as ephemeral, site-specific performances intended to transform and soften the landscape. As an artist whose practice is deeply rooted in the physical experience of these works, "Judy Chicago Rainbow AR”, the artist’s first virtual artwork, commissioned by LAS, builds upon and continues her celebrated series "Atmospheres". Global audiences are invited to experience this latest Smoke Sculpture™ performance in Augmented Reality (AR).

"It has been thrilling to work with LAS and International Magic on a new way to bring the experience of my Smoke Sculptures™ to audiences around the world who might not be familiar with my long-standing efforts to soften and feminise the often-harsh, patriarchal world around us. At this moment in time, it seems even more important to offer the opportunity to bathe our environments with light, art and beauty in order to inspire hope and through a visual metaphor, suggest the possibility of positive change" – Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago

"We are grateful to Judy for having accepted our invitation and to International Magic for being up for the challenge of supporting the artist to create her first virtual work. Bringing her iconic atmospheres series into the digital realm as a continuation of the series not only offers new perspectives to transform our environment, it’s also symbolic of togetherness, solidarity and harmony."

“Our aim is to strike a balance between being true to Judy's art, while also pushing the opportunities and boundaries presented to us by the technology. In many ways, this project was a constant dialogue between art and technology. We identified the unique behaviours and aesthetics of Judy's physical 'Atmosphere' artworks, and then we applied technology to simulate these behaviours and play with them to truthfully capture the original intent of the work.”