Can art replicate the instinctive emotional uplift of a forest walk?

Lonneke Gordijn: Nature, art and magical blocks of flying concrete · 11:15 · Video: TED · Watch at the source

In short: Experiential artist Lonneke Gordijn explores how nature-inspired installations, from flowering lights to murmuration drones, can evoke the same profound rhythms and movements that our bodies instinctively respond to in the natural world.

Lonneke Gordijn examines the intersection of nature and art through large-scale experiential works. Her studio creates installations such as flowering lights and drones that mimic natural murmuration patterns to trigger instinctive human responses.

Beyond her studio work, Gordijn reveals a mysterious piece hidden within the TED Theater that aims to shift how we perceive and relate to common materials like concrete.

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