ET Projects: Illuminated Movements
Movement, experiential design, public art
With the inaugural Shoreline Project at Laguna Art Museum in 2018 and those that followed — Look Up at a Pomona retirement home, Tipping Point at Catalina Museum for Art & History, Ridgeline at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation — Lara consulted MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius’ grantee Elizabeth Turk on large-scale movement and experience designs from 2018–2022. Bridging her background in choreography and graphic design expertise, Lara produced dances and visual movement prompts for thousands of participants carrying LED-lit umbrellas bearing Elizabeth’s artwork, resulting in sweeping photography and video capturing the scene from above. More importantly, the moment shared across thousands of people was the catalyst for ET Projects’ mission of connecting communities.