STATUS
COMPLETED
Scaled to 1/500,000th of the Earth’s surface, the inflatable metallic sphere is a source of social gravity and shade for a temporary city in the Nevada desert attended by more than 70,000 people each year.
The planet like sculpture is an inflated spherical mirror, constructed of the same fabric as NASA weather balloons and supported by a 32 m-long inclined steel mast, baseplate, and foundation anchors.
The Orb’s material is designed to easily inflate and deflate, leaving no trace.
During the day, The Orb and life below the installation reflects onto its belly to serve as a beacon in the night and a destination in the desert.
Because of The Orb’s curvature, it reflects the space and people around it, showing the social energy and exchange from an entirely new perspective – essentially turning public life into public artifact.
Agustin Perez-Torres Alana Goldweit Alvaro Velosa Andy Young Benjamin Caldwell Bjarke Ingels Casey Tucker Chris Tron Daniel Sundlin Elizabeth Mcdonald Giulio Rigoni Henriette Helstrup Isabella Marcotulli Jakob Henke Jakob Lange Jan Leenknegt Jason Wu Jelena Vucic Jeremy Alain Siegel Kai-Uwe Bergmann Laurent De Carniere Lawrence-Olivier Mahadoo Leon Rost Linus Saavedra Martin Voelkle Michael Leef Ola Sobczyk Raphael Ciriani Richard Elbert Ryan Harvey Sarkis Sarkisyan Sebastian Claussnitzer Simon Scheller Sören Grünert Thomas Christoffersen Veronica Acosta Abigail Kelly Alda Sol Hauksdóttir Alessandro Zanini Alex Bogdan Ritivoi Alexander Dennis William Niemantsverdriet Andy Coward Anna Bertolazzi Ariel Diaz Athena Morella Autumn Visconti Bart Ramakers Benjamin Novacinski Benson Chien Cæcilie Søs Brandt-Olsen Catalina Rivera Rothgaenger Chelsea Chiu (Yeuk Lam) Corliss Ng Cristina Medina-Gonzalez Dong-Joo Kim Duncan Horswill Emily Bauer Emmett Walker Ewa Zapiec Fabian Lorenz Filippo Testa Florencia Kratsman Gabriel Hernandez Solano Guillaume Evain Hilda Heller Hongduo Zhou Hugo Yun Tong Soo Jakub Klimes Jakub Wlodarczyk Jarrod Caranto Jennifer Dudgeon Ji-Young Yoon Jonas Aarsø Larsen Karolina Bouros Kayeon Lee Kelly Neill Kim Christensen Laura Wätte Luca Pileri Ma Ning Mads Christian Klestrup Pedersen Manon Otto Mariana De Soares e Barbieri Cardoso Mattia Di Carlo Mattie Kennedy Max Moriyama Melissa Jones Michael Rene Hansen Morgan Day Nicolas Lapierre Nicole Passarella Patrick Hyland Peter Sepassi Phillip Macdougall Pia Møller-Holst Riccardo Garrone Samantha Okolita Sanam Salek Sebastian Grogaard Seo Young Shin Seunghan Yeum Taylor Hewett Thomas Smith Timo Harboe Nielsen Tore Banke Tracy Sodder Weronica Zaborek Xinying Zhang
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