Project Aurora

Project Aurora (2022) now permanently on display at the National Nordic Museum, makes use of 34,560 individual LED lights and AI to recreate an elusive natural phenomenon. Real images of the Aurora Borealis appear randomized. AI dreams within the parameters set by the artist and her collaborators. In its ideation and fabrication, Ruffner partnered with legendary video game developer Ed Fries, former Microsoft Vice President and leader of the team who developed Xbox, and Dr. Wanda Gregory, scholar of gaming at the University of Washington, Bothell.