Catch Me Now
Interactive Light Installation
When an audience member steps into the light, the spotlight stops completely and expands in size, inviting the audience member to take centre stage. But soon the spotlight moves on, returning to its random movement …until someone else steps into the light.
Created by
Tine Bech Studio
Programmed by Tarim
Filmed by Nicolai Amter at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Presented at
Bridges of Light, Worcester, 2025
e-Luminate Festival Cambridge, 2017
Edinburgh International Science Festival 2016
GLOW Winter light festival 2016
Enlighten Manchester, 2014
Ravensbourne Welcome Space, 2014
Electrohype, Malmø, Sweden 2013
Cheriton Light Festival 2013
Illuminate Bath 2012
The Science Museum, 2011
Kinetica Art Fair, London UK 2011
Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK 2010
Watermans Art Centre, London UK 2010
The colourful spotlights create joy for all ages, check out the videos below of audiences playing catch with the lights.
Catch Me Now was a fantastic installation at the Edinburgh International Science Festival. People of all ages were captivated by it. It created a really playful space in an otherwise ordinary walkway."Katie Chapple, Events Developer at Edinburgh International Science Festival
The work playfully subverts the idea that the spotlight always follows the performer. In this case, it is the ‘performer’ that is irresistibly drawn into a 'chase me, catch me' following the light. Catch Me Now is deceptively simple, yet generates lots of complicated play and laughing.
The work roams around quietly without dominating the space, inviting and enticing audiences into playful interactions in our built environment. The work inserts play into galleries and into our increasingly technology-driven public surroundings.
Catch Me Now is a delightful deceptively simple spotlight that reacts to onlookers’ movements and leads them on a merry dance."
