As part of her Club Space Miami residency, artist Haiiileen developed How to Get Haiii: Hayden (2018) — an extension of her immersive installation series SPACE: How to Get Haiii.
In this edition, the artist invited model Hayden to inhabit the installation as both muse and mirror, transforming the environment into a living photoshoot. Through this union of fashion, light, and synesthetic atmosphere, Haiiileen explored how the human form can become an instrument of reflection — embodying sound, emotion, and space.
title: How to Get Haiii: Hayden (2018)
- Artist / Creative Director: Haiiileen
- Location: Club Space Miami
- Series: SPACE: How to Get Haiii (2018) – Residency Installation Series
- Medium: Immersive Installation, Fashion Photography, Light Environment
- Year: 2018
Description
Part of Haiiileen’s ongoing residency at Club Space Miami, How to Get Haiii: Hayden (2018) extended the immersive installation into a living photographic environment, merging art, light, and portraiture.
For this iteration, Haiiileen invited model Hayden into the installation — transforming the site into a performative photoshoot where fashion and light became language. The concept was rooted in the fusion of body and environment, where the subject embodied the frequencies of the installation itself.
The work continued her How to Get Haiii series — a multidimensional exploration of how we inhabit sound, texture, and emotional space.
“I wanted to bring the human element back into my installations — to photograph how people become part of the light, how they dissolve into it.”
Conceptual Framework
- Fashion Meets Frequency: A continuation of Haiiileen’s aesthetic roots in makeup and fashion, reimagined through immersive art.
- The Human as Medium: Using the body as a reflective surface — merging personal energy with the installation’s chromatic rhythm.
- Synesthetic Portraiture: Translating sound and color into movement, expression, and form.
- Club Space Miami Residency: A platform for experimentation, each edition pushing the boundaries of art, light, and human connection.
- Immersive Photography: Capturing live installations as dynamic backdrops for narrative-based fashion imagery.
Archival Significance
- Expands the SPACE: How to Get Haiii (2018) series into portraiture and performative documentation.
- Bridges the worlds of fashion photography and installation art — a precursor to Haiiileen’s later style of “fashion-as-environment.”
- Represents a signature example of her immersive photo practice, where subject and setting are inseparable.
Archival ID: HGHI-HAYDEN-2018
“I treat every photoshoot like a sensory ritual.
The light, the texture, the sound — they all belong to one emotional wavelength.”
