PRISMBODY: Audrey Wright and Geoff Robertson Translate Synesthesia into Wearable Light at the Met

Key facts

• PRISMBODY is a new work by Audrey Wright, Geoff Robertson, and Stephanie Ann Boyd, presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 20th, 2026.
• The performance is part of the Creative Convening: Musical Bodies event and builds on Luminous Being, a project begun in 2024.
• The wearable garment features 46 display panels, over 3,000 LEDs, 47 batteries, its own Wi-Fi network, and runs at approximately 30 frames per second.
• Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd has synesthesia, and PRISMBODY is described as 'a codifying of my synesthesia.'
• Garment 2.0 introduces RGB LEDs for a wider color range and transparent display panels for a 360-degree wrap-around visual surface.
• Robertson compares the garment's function to 'subtitles along with audio on a screen,' with Wright as the audio and the garment as the color subtitles.
• Wright calls the wearable 'a sensory musical instrument itself,' and Robertson sees himself as playing the instrument alongside her.
• The project originated during the COVID era when Robertson imagined performances beyond conventional stages.