Sohaila Mosbeh
Navy Yard Night Sky, a permanent installation, is a series of four large mesh light panels that can be infinitely programmed for color, movement, and brightness. The piece is located on the second floor of a WW2-era "ghost" building in Shipyard Park, on First Avenue in the Charlestown Navy Yard.
For her update of Navy Yard Night Sky, Brooklyn-based artist Sohaila Mosbeh was inspired by how similar Boston harbor is to Alexandria, Egypt, in terms of the colors of the sea and sky and the strong presence of historical artifacts. This similarity led her to center the piece with the Egyptian goddess of the sky Nut (pronounced "newt.") The goddess is represented by an oval shape and Mosbeh states that "Nut is dancing above the humans (i.e. us) below."
Look for the playful movements and shape-shifting of this oval. In addition Mosbeh incorporated representations of the actual stars in this location, which she sourced from the official NASA database. Finally, parts of the 10-minute light loop incorporate the soft moving forms and colors of the Milky Way. The Myth of Nut is visible from dusk to dawn nightly.
The Myth of Nut
Dylan Bomgardner of Available Light (programmer) and Sohaila Mosbeh at installation