Tesseract Infinity Pavilion

Project: Tesseract
Exhibition: 2021 GLEAM: Art in a New Light
Location: Madison, WI, Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Design/Build: Brett Adams and Bo Raasch

Tesseract was an immersive infinity cube installation exploring perception, boundaries, and the tension between public and private space. By day, the mirrored exterior reflected the gardens, concealing its interior. At night, the cube became transparent from the outside, revealing internal LED animations and occupants surrounded by endless reflections. Inside, visitors experienced visual isolation—unable to see out, only themselves repeated infinitely. Constructed from extruded aluminum and mirrored polycarbonate, the structure featured individually addressable LEDs programmed in X-Lights and synchronized to sound, transforming the space into a recursive, living geometry.