Unique Take on Urgent Conservation Challenges

Kelly Nunes presents The Celestial Cycle, a series of 5 artworks commissioned by Age of Union founder Dax Dasilva over the course of 10 years, now including Earth Room, Sun Room, Moon Room, Glacier Cave, and Black Hole Room. His artworks reflect on nature’s complex need for conservation through its most present force—the power to heal.

Glacier Cave
Photo credit: Clara Lacasse

Collectively, the works foster a sense of awe and reverence, aiming to catalyze climate action. As Dasilva articulates "each space transcends conventional boundaries, compelling us to reassess our relationship with the environment, unlocking the intrinsic value of nature and igniting a collective call to conservation action.” Moving between each work, visitors are propelled to envision pro-environmental and conservation activity integral to Age of Union's mission.

Glacier Cave

Sensations of being within a cracking and thawing glacier are rendered with a play of post-consumer plastics, responsive lights and soundtrack. Ice structures’ ancient and mystical qualities intertwine with their symbol of global warming.

Glacier Cave
Photo credit: Clara Lacasse

Glacier Cave
Photo credit: Clara Lacasse

Glacier Cave
Photo credit: Clara Lacasse

Glacier Cave
Photo credit: Clara Lacasse

Earth Room

A live plant garden and post-consumer paper structures immerse visitors in earthly creature poses complemented by spatialized sounds of isochronic tones, proven to lower stress hormones and relief from anxiety symptoms.

Earth Room
Photo credit: Olivier Blouin

Earth Room
Photo credit: Olivier Blouin

Earth Room
Photo credit: Olivier Blouin

Earth Room
Photo credit: Olivier Blouin

Moon Room

A close encounter with our primary cosmological symbol, a four-foot diameter sphere displays a rotating projection of the moon, enabling new perspectives and sensations of reverence and diminutiveness.

Moon Room
Photo credit: Kevin Calero

Moon Room
Photo credit: Kevin Calero

Moon Room
Photo credit: Kevin Calero

Sun Room

This collaboration with Adam Hummell is a functional room for healing and meditation featuring a modulating light frequency sculpture, accompanied by Seasonal Affective Disorder lamp fixtures and a soundtrack tuned to therapeutic 432 hertz.

Sun Room
Photo credit: Clara Lacasse

Sun Room
Photo credit: Clara Lacasse

Sun Room
Photo credit: Kevin Calero

Sun Room
Photo credit: Clara Lacasse

Black Hole Room

Drawing from the physics of black holes, and the profound transcendent effect they play on our collective consciousness, a multi-modal projection supports generative video content driven by audio input and body tracking.

Black Hole Room
Photo credit:
Kevin Calero

Black Hole Room
Photo credit:
Kevin Calero

Black Hole Room
Photo credit:
Kevin Calero

Black Hole Room
Photo credit:
Kevin Calero

Black Hole Room
Photo credit:
Kevin Calero

Black Hole Room
Photo credit:
Kevin Calero

Black Hole Room
Photo credit:
Kevin Calero

About Kelly Nunes

Kelly Nunes is a creative director and multi-disciplinary artist with a background in musical composition and scenic design, whose practice focuses on responsive environments. Born in Toronto, Nunes is based in Montreal and has worked as a director for Moment Factory and Daily tous les jours.

About Age of Union

Launched in 2021 by tech leader and environmental activist Dax Dasilva, Age of Union is a non-profit environmental alliance that supports and makes visible a global community of changemakers working on the ground to protect the planet's threatened species and ecosystems.