Alba Triana: Dialogue with the Primordial Sea

Alba Triana’s Dialogue with the Primordial Sea invites visitors to engage with the invisible dynamics of nature through an innovative, kinetic sound installation at Locust Projects. On view from November 23 to January 18, this newly commissioned work transforms the gallery into a space where intangible forces governing the natural world are made visible and experiential. Expanding on Triana’s Delirious Fields Series, the installation explores themes of chance and organization, individual and collective behaviors, and the unseen energies that shape existence.

The installation features magnetic spheres that levitate or pendulate in response to invisible magnetic fields, creating ephemeral movements that mimic natural self-organizing processes. Controlled by probabilistic coding, the spheres exhibit both individual and collective behaviors, producing moments of randomness and synchronized activity. This dynamic interplay evokes a living organism, inviting viewers to engage with the underlying forces that connect all aspects of existence.

Commissioned as part of the Knight Digital Commission series, this site-specific project pushes the boundaries of Triana’s practice, offering a large-scale exploration of the relationships between humanity, nature and the unseen energies that shape the world. Selected as a “Curator’s Pick” by Locust Projects’ Executive Director, Lorie Mertes, the work underscores the power of art to to reveal the invisible forces shaping our environment.

Alba Triana is a Miami-based, Colombian-born intermedia artist whose work bridges the worlds of art, science and technology. Her practice explores sound, energy and interconnectedness through immersive installations and sound sculptures. Included among Triana's accolades are the Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction and the CIFO Grants and Commissions Award. Her immersive installations and sound sculptures have been exhibited internationally at institutions like the Lentos Kunstmuseum in Austria, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá in Colombia and the Ars Electronica Festival.