Breathe & Get Haiii (2021) by Haiiileen debuted at the Art With Me Festival in Miami, transforming the festival grounds into a sanctuary of light, reflection, and inner awareness.
Through a large-scale installation of vertically aligned mirrors, the artist invited participants to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with their inner selves. The work extended her ongoing exploration of synesthetic design, where color and reflection become tools for self-discovery and emotional activation.
- Title: Breathe & Get Haiii (2021) – Immersive Installation for Art With Me Festival
- Artist: Haiiileen (Aileen Quintana)
- Medium: Mirror | Custom Paint | Mixed Media | Reflective Light Installation
- Commissioned by: Art With Me Festival
- Location: Miami, FL
- Year: 2021
Description
Breathe & Get Haiii is a reflective landscape made of layered mirrors and custom-painted color fields. Each vertical panel captures and refracts the viewer’s image through shifting gradients, transforming personal reflection into a spectrum of emotional resonance.
Conceived as a “safe dome of breath,” the work aligned with Art With Me’s mission to unite creativity, mindfulness, and sustainability. Participants were encouraged to move slowly between the mirrored columns, using breath as a guide to connect the physical body with the light spectrum around them.
“This piece was about holding space for presence — a moment to breathe, to align, and to see yourself in color.” — Haiiileen
Conceptual Framework
- Breath as Portal: Exploring the meditative act of breathing as a bridge between self and environment.
- Reflective Awareness: Mirrors serve as instruments of mindfulness — activating aura, empathy, and self-connection.
- Synesthetic Alignment: Each custom-painted color field corresponds to emotional frequencies within the body.
- Public Intimacy: Creating communal healing through shared reflection in an open-air environment.
The work embodies Haiiileen’s philosophy that art is not merely visual — it’s a felt frequency that transforms physical spaces into emotional ecosystems.
Installation Components
- Vertical Reflective Mirrors: 8 large-scale custom-painted panels in lineage formation.
- Chromatic Layering: Use of iridescent and prismatic pigments mimicking the light patterns of aura fields.
- Lighting Environment: Subtle integrated color transitions to evoke calmness and self-illumination.
- Interactive Pathway: Designed for attendees to walk between the panels, activating personal and collective reflection.
- Artist Signature Wall: Featuring @haiiileen and an informational placard connecting visitors to the artist’s digital platform.
Artist Reflection
“I wanted to create a meditative installation that wasn’t about spectacle — but still felt spectacular in its energy. It’s about presence, emotion, and reconnecting with your own rhythm.”
Archival Significance
- Presented at Art With Me Miami (2021), an international art and wellness festival.
- Extended the artist’s ongoing Haiii-Liiight and Aura Mirror explorations into a mindfulness context.
- Served as a transitional work between UR HAIII ME 2 (2021) and Haiii-Liiight: Radiant Portal (2022).
- Marked the artist’s first collaboration with a festival centered on conscious living and healing arts.
- Created an embodied intersection of art, wellness, and environmental design.
Archival ID: H2021-BREATHEHAIII
“Breathing is creation. When you breathe light into yourself, you remember that you’re part of everything that shines.”
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