  The annual GLEAM outdoor art exhibition features curated, large-scale light
installations in the Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin. With
submissions from local, regional, and international artists, the annual
two-month long event draws tens of thousands of visitors each fall. "Tidal
Disruption", an art-science light sculpture representative of the form and
behavior of a tidal disruption event, debuted at GLEAM 2022.The installation
was a collaboration between artists Hosale and Abdu'Allah, and astrophysicist
Madsen. The immersive light and sound exhibit stylistically depicted the death
of a star as it spirals into a black hole in a roughly 4 minute sequence.
Designed primarily by Hosale, the components were custom fabricated using clear
PVC pipe at the Physical Sciences Laboratory at UW-Madison. In this poster, we
will describe the process of developing, fabricating, and installing "Tidal
Disruption" and the response from the viewers.
