{"id":620693,"date":"2026-09-10T19:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620693\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T19:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:58:33","slug":"black-square-by-gregory-orekhov-contrasts-utahs-white-salt-flats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/620693\/","title":{"rendered":"black square by gregory orekhov contrasts utah\u2019s white salt flats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shadow of Light sits within Utah\u2019s Bonneville Salt Flats<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shadow of Light is a site-specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/land-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">land art<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">installation<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/gregory-orekhov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gregory Orekhov<\/a>, created in 2026 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-the-us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA<\/a>. Set against the seemingly endless white surface of the salt flats, a black square made of light-absorbing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/textile-and-fabric-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fabric<\/a> appears as a foreign presence. Its austere geometry stands in contrast to the natural texture of the salt, while its abyssal blackness opposes the intense light and near-absolute whiteness of the surrounding landscape.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"light-absorbing fabric creates monumental black square in utah\u2019s white salt flats - 1\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gregory-orekhov-lays-a-monumental-black-square-on-utahs-bonneville-salt-flats-2-6a7d8cd57f0cf.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>all images by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiolandon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nikita Subbotin \u2013 Studiolandon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>a black square interrupts the endless white landscape<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A minimal intervention transforms the perception of the entire landscape. The black square disrupts the continuity of the space, remaining the only artificial element within an almost boundless white field. The installation by <a href=\"http:\/\/gregoryorekhov.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">artist<\/a> Gregory Orekhov introduces a precise geometric intervention into a boundless setting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gregory orekhov lays a monumental black square on utahs bonneville salt flats 1\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gregory-orekhov-lays-a-monumental-black-square-on-utahs-bonneville-salt-flats-1-6a7d8cd57f04c.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gregory orekhov lays a monumental black square on utahs bonneville salt flats 3\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gregory-orekhov-lays-a-monumental-black-square-on-utahs-bonneville-salt-flats-3-6a7d8cd57f11a.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gregory orekhov lays a monumental black square on utahs bonneville salt flats 4\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gregory-orekhov-lays-a-monumental-black-square-on-utahs-bonneville-salt-flats-4-6a7d8cd57f160.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gregory orekhov lays a monumental black square on utahs bonneville salt flats 5\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gregory-orekhov-lays-a-monumental-black-square-on-utahs-bonneville-salt-flats-5-6a7d8cd57f1a2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gregory orekhov lays a monumental black square on utahs bonneville salt flats 6\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gregory-orekhov-lays-a-monumental-black-square-on-utahs-bonneville-salt-flats-6-6a7d8cd57f1e2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gregory orekhov lays a monumental black square on utahs bonneville salt flats 7\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gregory-orekhov-lays-a-monumental-black-square-on-utahs-bonneville-salt-flats-7-6a7d8cd57f244.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"gregory orekhov lays a monumental black square on utahs bonneville salt flats 8\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gregory-orekhov-lays-a-monumental-black-square-on-utahs-bonneville-salt-flats-8-6a7d8cd57f291.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>project info:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>name:\u00a0Shadow of Light<\/p>\n<p>artist:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gregoryorekhov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Gregory Orekhov<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gregory.orekhov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@gregory.orekhov<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>photographer, videographer:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiolandon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nikita Subbotin \u2013 Studiolandon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/studiolandon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@studiolandon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>designboom has received this project from our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers-submit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DIY submissions<\/a>\u00a0feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. See more project submissions from our readers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>edited by: Christina Vergopoulou | designboom<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shadow of Light sits within Utah\u2019s Bonneville Salt Flats \u00a0 Shadow of Light is a site-specific land art\u00a0installation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1011,307,304,305,306,308,93,73303,61,6640,60,73304,16301],"class_list":["post-620693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-the-us","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-gregory-orekhov","tag-ie","tag-interactive-installation","tag-ireland","tag-land-art","tag-textile-and-fabric-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}