04/07/2026
POINT OF (NO) RETURN was at Vivid Sydney festival, the biggest outdoor immersive light installations festival of Australia
Created by Norwegian artist Anastasia Isachsen, whose country faces unprecedented arctic melting, the installation is a thought-provoking metaphor for how each individual impacts the environment – both for better and worse.
Glacial beauty draws you in, as crystalline blues and white swirl across a mesmerising 6m-diametre cylindrical LED screen. But step closer and the colours melt, transforming into a gorgeous, destructive storm. Move back, and the ice is restored, for now.
Winner of a LIT Lighting Design Award, this interactive installation uses motion sensors and a stirring score by revered Norwegian composer Nils Petter Molvaer to ask an urgent question about of climate: Are we at the point of no return, or is there still hope?
Artist: Anastasia Isachsen
Production: FJORD STUDIO
📸 Ruth Collins / Vivid Sydney