In their latest art installation, New York-based practice Hou de Sousa colorfully reinterprets the building blocks of our universe: Atoms. Simply titled "Atomic," the installation was designed for this year's Georgetown GLOW, Washington D.C.'s only curated exhibition of outdoor public light-art installations during the holiday season.

Suspended above festival-goers, Atomic is an iridescent canopy made of hula hoops and fishnet fabric. The project is a physical manifestation of the photographic bokeh effect, the designers say, and its multi-hued facets are a visual reference to the stained glass windows of Grace Church.

Hou de Sousa participated in last year's Georgetown GLOW with the kaleidoscopic "Prismatic." And fairly recently, they designed another delightful public art installation in their New York home base called "Ziggy," which was the winning proposal for the 2019 Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition.