A dance of lights on a cultivated field: Roosegaarde's installation that makes plants grow

A tribute to the beauty of agriculture: this is Grow, the latest installation by Daan Roosegaarde, a Dutch artist whose projects blend technology and art in the landscape. Inspired by scientific research that through special lights would increase plant growth and resistance, the new artwork takes the form of a huge expanse of red and blue lights over a vast field of leeks (about 20 thousand square meters).

The lights dance over the cultivated field, creating a very poetic suggestion, but it has been proven by studies in photobiology, or technologies applied to the science of light, that a mix of blue, red and ultraviolet lights can help plants grow and can reduce pesticide use by up to 50 percent.

Grow is helpful for nature, but it also intends to give a message of hope to people, especially in these difficult pandemic times."Grow is the dream landscape that shows the beauty of light and sustainability. It is not a utopia but a protopia, to be improved step by step," Daan Roosegaarde commented.

The art intervention is part of the program aimed at Rabobank’s artist residency: Roosegaarde and his team of designers and experts have been working at Grow for two years, in collaboration with prestigious institutions. It is the first in a series of dreamscapes created by Studio Roosegaarde, which focuses on combining art and science to bring a better world to life. “It is truly inspiring to work with an artist like Daan Roosegaarde to develop a better world together,” commented Wiebe Draijer of Rabobank.

The work was unveiled in its world premiere these days .

Ph.Credit Studio Roosegaarde

A dance of lights on a cultivated field: Roosegaarde's installation that makes plants grow

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