This installation was part of the New Haven tradition of the Luminary Walk, celebrating the end of the seasonal year in Edgerton Park with artists from across the city. Illuminated sculptural installations adorn this public park, orchestrated and designed by Atelier Cue with the participation of over half a dozen artists.

This piece was designed by Gioia Connell, composed of illuminated material and artworks from her late mother Joy Wulke. Inspired by the nature of the site itself, Rivers subtly plays off of the microtopographies of the park, transforming a small gully into a mighty river of light at the foot of a city of ice. Visitors engaged with the piece by jumping across and running along—heightening the awareness of both sides of the banks and the role of land in place- and space-making.

Joy Wulke is a nationally recognized environmental sculptor whose work bridges the boundary between visual art and architecture, with light and translucency as a key medium. She has had numerous solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in U.S., Europe and Japan. She has received numerous awards, and her commissions span the country and include work for Lincoln Center Film Forum in New York and The Louisiana Worlds Fair. Wulke is founder of Projects for a New Millennium, which has initiated collaborative projects in Connecticut, New York, Montana, Florida, and California. She was a strong member of the Connecticut art's community, and always supported fellow artists and collaboration. Both mother and daughter Joy and Gioia believe in the restorative nature of collaboration and ecology, and how combining the two can illuminate and generate healthy and healing public spaces.