Eric Lord Installation Archive

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This retro microsite celebrates installation artist Eric Lord and six immersive pieces drawn from ericlord.ca/installations.

Glowing junk-tech, playable architecture, and worlds where sound moves when you do.

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Installation Portfolio

Eddyphone

Eddyphone installation by Eric Lord

A futuristic cathedral assembled from salvaged machines and sonic ghosts. The piece bends old hardware into responsive light and spatial tone.

Salvaged Tech Spatial Audio Reactive Light
  • Turns electronic leftovers into a living instrument.
  • Builds atmosphere with layered feedback textures.

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Chromatic Cave

Chromatic Cave installation by Eric Lord

An inviting cave of color where mystery and motion pull visitors inward. A walkthrough zone that shifts hue, rhythm, and tone as people explore.

Walkthrough Space Color Systems Ambient Play
  • Transforms enclosure into a responsive visual weather system.
  • Balances wonder with playful unease.

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Check Engine

Check Engine installation by Eric Lord

Rusted automotive fragments reappear as animated sculptures. The installation reframes industrial debris as a kinetic story-world built from motion and glow.

Found Objects Kinetic Forms Narrative Space
  • Turns mechanical leftovers into imaginative creatures.
  • Connects decay, memory, and playful transformation.

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Dramaphone

Dramaphone installation by Eric Lord

Buildings and puppets become musical controllers in a strange urban playground. Visitors trigger scenes where architecture performs like an instrument.

Playable Set Performance Art Public Interaction
  • Encourages improvisation through tactile triggers.
  • Mixes theatrical storytelling with interactive sound.

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GroveOS

GroveOS installation by Eric Lord

A playful operating system for a forest: conifer trees become smart sculptures that emit light pulses and sonic textures when approached.

Nature + Tech Interactive Grove Immersive Audio
  • Blends ecological forms with software logic.
  • Creates an enchanted network of responsive trees.

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Ziggurat

Ziggurat installation by Eric Lord

A surreal portal machine where each step opens another audiovisual terrain. Built as a multi-sensory trip through imagined alien architectures.

Portal Journey Multi-Sensory Speculative Worlds
  • Maps movement to shifting spatial scenes.
  • Pushes visitors through escalating dream states.

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Archive Notes

Across these works, recurring materials appear: salvage culture, playful interfaces, and environments that feel half machine, half myth.


The projects collectively build a language of participation. You do not just look at them; you activate them.

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