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Tiara is an interactive and luminous work that reacts in real time, thanks to an air quality sensor and computer programming.

White and about a meter in diameter, this piece is reminiscent of the nest of a garden bird in its woven and circular shape.

At the center of this sleek composition is a small-sized air quality sensor.

Hanging on the wall, Tiara responds to her immediate environment. It translates the data it captures on air pollution
in colorful atmospheres via an LED lighting system.
The spectator is invited to contemplate the concentric variations of light, inherent in the singular behavior of this piece.

When the air quality is poor, a pulsating red circle appears in the center of the room. Conversely, when the air quality is optimal, the light overflows from this central zone, and diffuses a light close to cyan, creating an intuitive relationship and materializing this invisible phenomenon. The rhythm of chromatic variations is reminiscent of that of breaths: a slow movement accompanies the changes in spectrum if the quality is good, while its frequency accelerates if the quality deteriorates.

These effects encourage the spectator's penetration with this “living” work. Tiara then suggests an awareness, a change in behavior vis-à-vis our habitats.

Spending time with Tiara, forgetting her and continuing her behavioral habits, then perceiving unexpected changes of state. This work invites us to look at the fragility of the environment of our oikos (house). It becomes a crown that we put down to enhance our air. To confer this honor in the air, one of our most precious possessions, is a way of paying homage to it. Tiara reminds us of the importance of preserving the environment for our own well-being.