currently in fabrication for Burning Man 2026!
"the weight of light" is a frozen moment of celestial reckoning transformed into a arc between the shadows of how we power our world and the brilliance of how we might transform it.
Emerging from the dust, a monumental lightning bolt commands the power of electricity. By day, the structure is a prismatic crystal. Its facets, crafted from upcycled dichroic panels, fracture light into a spectrum of iridescence. By night, participants can charge the bolt to create a massive, vertical lightning strike and boom of thunder.
Surrounding this central pillar are 8 lightning shards that form a 50-foot sacred circle. Each enshrines an interactive world that illuminates the "weight of light" -- the nature of fossil-fuel based electricity production, its environmental impact, and our power to transform it.
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You can donate to the weight of light project here, just leave a note with your donation that you'd like it to be earmarked for the weight of light Burning Man art project.
🌿created in a 100 percent solar powered studio!
🌿80% of materials are upcycled- including all dichroic panels
🌿interactive shards will be 3D printed in bioplastics
🌿installation will run on 100% solar power
⚡work together to charge a lightning bolt strike
⚡interact with buttons, switches and levers on eight lighting shards
⚡dive into the world of young Ari, who is born into a world of fossil fuel embeddedness and struggles to find the power to transform it
above: interactive shards