{"id":557362,"date":"2026-04-29T18:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/557362\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:58:17","slug":"spy-suspends-rotating-gold-and-silver-halos-inside-florence-atrium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/557362\/","title":{"rendered":"SpY suspends rotating gold and silver halos inside florence atrium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>spY spins gold and silver halos into a reflective cloud<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/spy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SpY\u2019s<\/a> HALOS large-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">installation<\/a> is composed of a matrix of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/gold\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gold<\/a> and silver reflective circles, suspended in midair and set in continuous rotation. Located at the heart of a former railway factory in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-italy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florence<\/a>, the work unfolds a continuous choreography of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/kinetic-installations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">movement<\/a> and reflection that permeates the space it inhabits with light. As they rotate, the suspended circular forms visually intertwine, generating a constellation of reflections produced through the interaction of light and material.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SpY\u2019s kinetic installation suspends rotating gold and silver halos inside florence atrium - 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/spy-presents-halos-in-florence-a-large-scale-kinetic-installation-conceived-as-a-constellation-of-li.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubenpb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ruben PBescos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Overlapping Reflections Shift with Movement Through Space<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The vertical architecture of the atrium, organized across three levels, establishes a multiplicity of vantage points from which the installation reveals itself in constantly shifting ways. Through the movement of the audience within the space, visual readings expand, overlap, and multiply, generating a potentially infinite field of forms. In HALOS, <a href=\"https:\/\/spy-urbanart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Spanish urban artist<\/a>\u00a0SpY activates a state of perception in the viewer through the suspension, movement, and reflection of essential geometric elements, articulating a composition that transforms the space into a physical and immersive experience.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SpY\u2019s kinetic installation suspends rotating gold and silver halos inside florence atrium - 2\" width=\"818\" height=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777489095_742_spy-presents-halos-in-florence-a-large-scale-kinetic-installation-conceived-as-a-constellation-of-li.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>reflective discs are suspended within a former railway factory in Florence<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SpY\u2019s kinetic installation suspends rotating gold and silver halos inside florence atrium - 3\" width=\"818\" height=\"1230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777489095_649_spy-presents-halos-in-florence-a-large-scale-kinetic-installation-conceived-as-a-constellation-of-li.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>the installation by SpY forms a matrix of circular elements<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SpY\u2019s kinetic installation suspends rotating gold and silver halos inside florence atrium - 4\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777489096_512_spy-presents-halos-in-florence-a-large-scale-kinetic-installation-conceived-as-a-constellation-of-li.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>gold and silver surfaces define the material palette<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SpY\u2019s kinetic installation suspends rotating gold and silver halos inside florence atrium - 5\" width=\"818\" height=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777489096_369_spy-presents-halos-in-florence-a-large-scale-kinetic-installation-conceived-as-a-constellation-of-li.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>circular forms are arranged in a suspended grid<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SpY\u2019s kinetic installation suspends rotating gold and silver halos inside florence atrium - 6\" width=\"818\" height=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777489097_545_spy-presents-halos-in-florence-a-large-scale-kinetic-installation-conceived-as-a-constellation-of-li.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>each element rotates continuously in midair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"spY spins gold and silver halos into a reflective cloud \u00a0 SpY\u2019s HALOS large-scale installation is composed of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[19343,6225,6485,6486,1120,96,1568,9143,20144,20145,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-557362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-italy","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-gold","tag-interactive-installation","tag-kinetic-installations","tag-spy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}