EVENT HORIZON
Event Horizon will be a giant audio-reactive LED kinetic sculpture evoking a sense of cosmic beauty.
Five concentric rings, up to 20ft in diameter, chaotically spin around a central spherical infinity mirror resembling a black hole, which is held perfectly still by a beautiful trick of mathematics.
Beneath the rings is a partially enclosed space surrounded by shimmering walls of light - a space to reflect, a space to wonder, or a space to dance.
The entire sculpture is also audio reactive: when it hears a nearby musical presence like an art car, it converts into a cosmological dance floor that pulses to the beat!
This art project began as a music-reactive gyroscope totem that I built for music festivals. Since then, it has evolved into a larger 1:6 working scale model of the sculpture.
Although we have a working prototype, scaling this up to astronomical proportions is no easy task, and we need your help to bring Event Horizon to Black Rock City this year!
Help us make Event Horizon a reality!
We are excited to be a recipient of the 2025 Black Rock City Honoraria Grant! However, this will only partially fund Event Horizon, and we need your help to make this happen! Your tax-deductible donation will be used to pay for hundreds of parts, half a mile of LEDs, and 2600lb of aluminum we need to build this absurdly large gyroscope!
Interested in helping to build or contribute to Event Horizon?
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Reach out to ben@eventhorizon.art