Registry

Light Art in the World’s Airports

世界の空港と、光でできた点景

OPERATOR

Various airport operators (LAWA, Charlotte Douglas, Schiphol, Miami-Dade, iGA, Changi Airport Group, etc.)

LOCATION

Los Angeles, Charlotte, Amsterdam, Miami, Istanbul, Singapore

MODEL

Operator commission — Permanent installations commissioned by terminal operators and public-art programmes from a wide range of artists and studios — Michael Hayden, Sardi Design, Refik Anadol, Studio Roosegaarde, Maarten Baas, Christopher Janney, Hayri Karay, ART+COM, WET, and others; this piece surveys several airports

CADENCE

Permanent and year-round at each site (O’Hare 1987, Miami 2011, Changi T1 2012, LAX 2013, Schiphol 2016, Changi T4 2017, Charlotte 2018, Jewel 2019, Istanbul 2025)

SPEC

e.g. O’Hare’s 466 neon tubes over 744 ft, LAX’s seven media features, Schiphol’s ~110 m BEYOND wall, Istanbul’s ~37.7 m kinetic sculpture, Jewel’s ~40 m indoor waterfall

SINCE

1987

STATUS

Active