'If there is one must-see show in New York right now, both for ambition and for its final memory imprint, Doug Aitken’s seven-screen Lightscape at The Shed is it. It is a contemporary opera—a complex multimedia orchestration that, in its relentless flow of different stimuli, not only requires time to be absorbed but naturally anchors the viewer, inviting them to stay and embrace its temporal and spatial expansion with all senses.'
'Asked what he expects from viewers at The Shed, Aitken described the work as a bridge. “For all of us who are creating, that is the goal: that what we create can create some kind of bridge to the other, to someone else out there. To me, it embodies a lot of questions and provocative moments and encounters, and a lot of friction and energy that I find myself restless with as an individual.” To him, in a way, this is almost like an offering. “You make the work, and then I hand it to you.”' — Elisa Carollo
Image: installation view of Doug Aitken's Lightscape
25 June– 13 September 2026, The Shed, New York
Photo: Brica Wilcox
