Opening Reception “They Cannot See the Glass” by Stella Chrone at Ruby Projects

​They Cannot See the Glass

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​Stella Chrone

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​LaRucheHTX / RUBY Projects

​October 2-17 2026

​A glass sculpture that is also a decades long civilization.

​Chrone builds sealed glass worlds and turns them over to colonies of harvester ants as collaborators.

​Inside the glass a society goes to work; unaware of the invisible walls around them.

​The ants co-author complex architectures in a decades long durational performance.

​A second analog-immersive room emulates the sensory experience of ants. Shrinking us down into their world.

​Each sound, vibration, burst of air, and light cast across the room is dictated in real time based on software Chrone coded which translates the behavior of each ant as a data point in real time from a live video feed of the colony.

​The exhibition will open the weekend of October 2nd with exhibition with Saturday and Sunday hours 12-4. Hours will continue by private appointment and with the artist, Wed-Saturday 11-5. Please contact meganolivia@rubyprojects.xyz for appointment availability.