At III Points 2016, artist Haiiileen presented SunsetNoon, an immersive performance installation exploring the relationship between light, sound, and transformation.
Blending her background in fashion direction and conceptual art, Haiiileen created a prismatic world where performers embodied phases of the day — sunset, noon, and the spaces in between — through reflective materials, layered fabrics, and movement synchronized with ambient soundscapes.
The installation transformed the festival environment into a synesthetic stage, bridging audience perception with sensory design.
Title: III Points 2016: SunsetNoon – Performance and Installation by Haiiileen
- Creative Director / Artist: Haiiileen
- Medium: Performance Art | Light Installation | Sound & Motion Study
- Location: III Points Festival, Miami, FL
- Year: 2016
Description
SunsetNoon (2016) was an experimental live art installation that unfolded as both a performance and environmental sculpture. Participants entered an otherworldly reflective chamber, where mirrored surfaces, projection-mapped lighting, and sound-reactive elements created an atmosphere suspended between reality and dream.
Drawing inspiration from Miami’s natural light cycles, Haiiileen crafted a performance exploring the emotional shifts that occur between dusk and daylight — a metaphor for transition, rhythm, and human connection.
Through costume, choreography, and spatial lighting, SunsetNoon embodied the dualities of stillness and movement, day and night, reflection and transformation.
“I wanted people to feel like they were inside a wavelength — suspended between two worlds of energy.” — Haiiileen
Conceptual Framework
- Temporal Duality: Translating the metaphysical transition between day and night through light.
- Synesthetic Harmony: Synchronizing motion and color to sound frequencies.
- Perception as Performance: Making the viewer a part of the installation’s living pulse.
- Fashion as Architecture: Costumes acted as reflective extensions of the environment.
Installation Components
- Light-activated fabrics with reflective gradients mimicking the colors of sunrise and sunset.
- Custom audio compositions inspired by the sound frequency of natural light rhythms.
- Interactive environment featuring mirrored walls and ambient projection.
- Performance choreography by Haiiileen, merging slow fluid movements with bursts of energetic reflection.
- Costume design created using layered reflective textiles, hand-painted elements, and experimental LED stitching.
Artist Reflection
“SunsetNoon was the moment I fully understood how to choreograph energy — not just people, but light, sound, and emotion. III Points gave me a world where I could merge all my languages into one expression.”
This project signified the emergence of Haiiileen’s signature immersive methodology — creating worlds where installation, performance, and sensory language become indistinguishable.
Archival Significance
- Marks Haiiileen’s first major festival installation-performance hybrid.
- Laid conceptual groundwork for Aqua (2017), LightScapes (2018), and Neo Odyssey (2018).
- Established her ongoing relationship with III Points Festival, leading to future commissions.
- Represents the synthesis of her synesthetic and architectural approach to light and sound.
- One of the earliest public works where the artist’s visual and sonic universes intertwined.
Archival ID: H2016-SUNSETNOON
“Every performance I do is a portal — SunsetNoon was where I learned that art can move like light, shifting color as it breathes.”
TIME-LAPSE
Recap Video
video produced by RBP studio and sound by Michael Montuori, “Goddess of Fortune.”
Promo video: Sunset@noon
Video/Edits: Alex Marklow