HYBYCOZO (Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone) is a Los Angeles-based art collaborative founded by Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk, inspired by Don Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. This company will produce this summer’s show at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, Patterns in Nature: The Art of HYBYCOZO. This show opens in April, and includes night viewing, when the sculptures are lit up and really shine. A video at the end of this post shows this.

Last year we saw a similar artwork by a different artist that was amazing. It was displayed at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. Basically, it was a single cube suspended in the middle of an empty room. A single light at the center of this cube casts light and shadows on all surfaces of the interior of this room.

“Deep Thought” is a direct nod to the Hitchhiker’s series. It appears as a large, ornate, glowing polyhedral. This pagoda-like structure is one of the centerpieces of this year’s HYBYCOZO show. It will take the form of a triambic icosahedron. A what?! A complex 3D shape made of 60 gold laser cut steel filigree triangle panels which will cast colorful light and shadows far and wide.

HYBYCOZO explores the wondrous connection between art, science, and nature through 21 intricately designed and interactive installations located throughout the Garden. The following video is a promo for HYBYCOZO that was created by the garden. It portrays what this show will look like at night, when it is all lit up.