Artist Jacob Hashimoto has unveiled his most ambitious installation yet at SFMOMA, transforming a ground-floor gallery into an immersive field of suspended pattern and light. Titled Giant Arc, the work is built from bamboo and printed Japanese paper, with nearly 75,000 kite-like forms cascading from above in layered waves.
The installation shifts throughout the day as natural sunlight moves across the museum's windows and blends with gallery lighting. That changing atmosphere gives the piece a living quality, making color, repetition, and contrast feel in constant motion. Rather than a fixed sculpture, the work reads as an evolving spatial experience.
Hashimoto describes the project as a universal invitation to wonder, offering visitors room to discover their own meanings, stories, and visual routes through the piece. With its scale and precision, Giant Arc highlights how contemporary art can turn architecture into an active part of the experience.
The exhibition will remain on view through mid-2028, giving audiences an extended opportunity to encounter one of the artist's most expansive creations. Works like this suggest a future in which art spaces become even more immersive, participatory, and emotionally resonant.
