Dune is an interactive light landscape project that has been brought to life by Daan Roosegaarde of the award-winning Studio Roosegaarde. The installation has been crafted with the underlying intention of creating a sensual engagement between passersby and their environment. It responds to movement and tactile stimuli and so visitors have a direct influence on the artwork’s character. The system can also be placed outside in dark settings, where it has the added social design value of enhancing the feeling of safety for pedestrians.

Roosegaarde has previously referred to an identity within his work he likes to call “techno-poetry”; a distinct relationship that connects ideology and technology so that a viewer and his surroundings can become one. Dune is a prime example of how the Dutch designer incorporates this connection within his interactive works. The latest version of Dune is currently being presented at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and can be viewed until September.