LUX IS AN AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCE FOR JAPANESE KOTO, FLUTE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS. ITS TITLE COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD LUX, MEANING “LIGHT.” THE WORK WAS COMPOSED AROUND THE FEELING OF LIGHT ENTERING AN EMOTIONAL SPACE -ILLUMINATING WHAT WAS OBSCURED AND GRADUALLY WASHING AWAY NEGATIVE THOUGHTS. TO EMBODY THIS IDEA VISUALLY, THE PERFORMERS ARE PLACED HIGH ABOVE THE CLOUDS, IN AN IMAGINED SPACE WHERE NOTHING OBSTRUCTS THE LIGHT OF THE SUN, MOON, OR STARS. THROUGHOUT THE PERFORMANCE, THE ENVIRONMENT CONTINUOUSLY SHIFTS, REVEALING DIFFERENT QUALITIES OF LIGHT. FROM BRIGHTNESS TO DARKNESS, FROM DISTANT STARS TO OPEN SKY, EACH SCENE SUGGESTS THAT EVEN AS ITS FORM CHANGES, LIGHT IS ALWAYS PRESENT.