Jo's Light Vessels — Being

What happens when you take away the noise and hand someone a single point of light?

Being was commissioned for the exhibition Fluidity: Identity in Swedish Glass at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis — a U.S. premiere that asked visitors to do something rare: arrive in the present moment.

The installation consists of hand-blown glass Light Vessels, each filled with water. In a darkened room, visitors illuminate them using nothing more than the light from their phones. The water amplifies. The glass refracts. The room transforms into something that feels like standing beneath the surface of the ocean — calm, enveloping, alive.

What struck people wasn't just the visual. It was the reversal. The device that usually pulls us out of the room became the thing that brought us into it. Phones — ordinarily a source of disconnection — became instruments of presence.

Visitors described feeling genuinely well.

The sound environment was composed by a collaborator from Konstfack, deepening the sense of immersion.

Since their debut, the Light Vessels have been presented at Fair Design, New York Design Center, where they continue to attract serious attention from collectors, hoteliers, and hospitality brands. The installation was also shown at Clerkenwell Design Week in London.

That's exactly the context in which they perform best. Luxury hotels, resorts, flagship spaces, casinos — environments where the guest experience is the product. These installations don't decorate a room. They define it.

Jo Andersson is Swedish-American, trained at Konstfack in Stockholm and through years working with leading glass artists in the United States. Her studio is based in Hjo, Sweden. Her work sits at the intersection of craft, architecture, and human experience.

If you're developing a space where presence matters, we'd like to talk.
Contact us at Jo Andersson Studios

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