STARRY EYES
2026
Inspired by the geometric rhythms of desert flora, specifically the star-shaped form of the golden barrel cactus, "Starry Eyes" unfolds in a colorful array of interlocking clusters. Designed by London-based architect Kyriakos Chatziparaskevas, the structures soar almost 40 feet tall, their pleated-fabric-covered steel ribs tilting like cactuses seeking the sun. Openings at their crowns, star-shaped oculi, frame the sky, echoing the central social space of John Lautner's iconic Bob Hope House in Palm Springs. By day, "Starry Eyes" provides shade and respite, a place to lie back on the grass and gaze upward through patterned light and shadow. At dusk, its translucent skins glow like a campfire, revealing the ribbed skeleton beneath, and the desert night seems to pulse with quiet, celestial energy.
- Medium
- Mixed media sculpture
- Spotted At
- Art Fair · Coachella
Notes
This piece might be titled "Buoyed", created in 2023
Spotted works by Kyriakos Chatziparaskevas
Artists in conversation
Snøhetta
Norwegian · b. 1989
Snøhetta creates large scale public installations and architectural sculptures that use geometric organic forms, pleated or ribbed structural surfaces, and colorful fabric covered frameworks to engage outdoor festival and civic spaces in ways closely mirroring Starry Eyes.
Zaha Hadid
Iraqi-British · b. 1950
Hadid's sculptural public structures share the same interlocking geometric rhythms, soaring steel rib construction, and organic form language derived from nature that defines Starry Eyes, particularly in her pavilion and installation works featuring ocular openings and pleated surfaces.
Atelier Sisu
Australian · b. 2014
Atelier Sisu specializes in large scale inflatable and fabric covered public art installations for festivals that use bright colors, clustered geometric forms, and sky framing openings, making their work the closest parallel to the aesthetic and material qualities of Starry Eyes.
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