ART IN MAKING SINCE 2001.
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The Glitched Sublime
Robotic Installation
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Specimens of Time
Generative Light Sculpture
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We Are All Made of Light
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Specimens of Time: Rebirth
Performance
Generative Light Sculpture
SPECIMENS OF TIME
An archive of a changing world —
not as it looked, but as it felt to be there.
Specimens of Time gives form to the felt presence of vulnerable landscapes as evolving atmospheric sculptures. Environmental observations and data are transformed through light, material and computation. Each work evolves in relation to the landscape it holds, carrying something of its atmosphere as that place continues to change.
Specimens of Time: Hoh Rain Forest · 47.86° N · 123.93° W
Specimens of Time: Gwangneung · 37.75° N · 127.17° E
Specimens of Time: Val d'Anniviers · 46.22° N · 7.58° E
Specimens of Time: Coral Triangle · 2.00° S · 125.00° E
Specimens of Time: Getbol · 34.8° N · 126.4° E
Specimens of Time: Antarctica · 82.86° S · 135.00° E
FROM ENVIRONMENT TO LIVING ARTWORK
01 ENVIRONMENT Field research Observation Environmental records
02 TRACES Measurements Images · Recordings Memory
03 INTERPRETATION Composition · Intuition Perception
04 EXPERIMENTATION Light · Optics Material studies · Prototyping
05 FABRICATION Computation · Robotics Engineering · Making
06 LIVING ARTWORK Light · Material · Atmosphere Evolving in real time
THE STUDIO
An artist-led studio creating works across art, science, and emerging technology, from collectible light sculptures to permanent site-specific installations.
The practice builds technologies from the ground up while subverting those designed for optimization, control, and extraction, turning both into artistic media that question how technological power shapes our relationship with the natural world.
20+ years
interdisciplinary practicePermanent Commissions
National Geographic · Korean Air · Microsoft · Google · SEATAC · Meta · collectionsFeatured
New York Times · BBC · Fast Company · FRAME Recognized
Lumen Art Prize · Digital Art Award for Innovation · Richard Kelly Light Art AwardMAJA PETRIĆ
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MAJA PETRIĆ
Artist / Director
Maja Petrić is an internationally exhibiting artist whose practice brings together light, environmental phenomena, computation, and emerging technologies. For more than 20 years, she has developed new forms of sculpture and installation that make fleeting and often imperceptible aspects of the natural world physically present. Her work ranges from intimate atmospheric sculptures to responsive environments and architectural-scale installations, and has received international recognition including the Lumen Prize, Digital Art Award for Innovation, and Richard Kelly Light Art Award. She is Founder and Artistic Director of Maja Petrić Studio and holds a PhD in Digital Arts and Experimental Media from the University of Washington (DXARTS) and a master’s degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).
MIHAI JALOBEANU
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MIHAI JALOBEANU
Technical / Research DirectorMihai Jalobeanu is a computer scientist and roboticist with more than 25 years of experience spanning artificial intelligence, computer vision, robotic manipulation, and interactive systems. During 11 years at Microsoft Research, he co-founded the Robot Learning Group and led research in robotic manipulation and general-purpose robot learning; today, he is Founder & CEO of Dexman.ai. A collaborator with Petrić for over a decade, he brings deep research and engineering expertise to the studio, designing and building custom computational and robotic systems that extend what is technically possible within each artwork. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, specializing in AI and Robotics.