Connected Light is a large-scale light installation created for the Napa Lighted Art Festival using commercially available connected light bulbs integrated into the entrance canopy of a public building. For the installation, the canopy’s standard incandescent bulbs were temporarily replaced with networked smart bulbs, transforming an otherwise ordinary architectural lighting system into a continuously evolving environment of color and motion without permanently altering the site.

Rather than functioning as a fixed lighting display, the installation generates continuously changing patterns and sequences across the networked bulbs, creating an ever-shifting composition of light throughout the evening. The project explores the use of everyday consumer technology as a medium for public art, repurposing connected home lighting systems into a synchronized architectural-scale installation.

Developed using custom software written for the Philips Hue API and operated through a Raspberry Pi-based control system, the installation was designed to integrate directly into existing architectural infrastructure with minimal physical intervention.