DIAGRAM OF LIGHTING
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Diagram of Lightning (When The Sky Touches The Ground) is a monumental light sculpture that captures the form of a lightning strike recreated in neon light and suspended within a modular grid of scaffolding: 180 meters custom-made neon, steel scaffolding structure, concrete blocks stacked in pyramid shape.
The scaffolding acts as a structural and conceptual frame: the human-made structure encasing the unpredictable form of nature. The grid breaks down the lightning’s organic path into discrete geometric units, like spatial pixels, echoing how we quantize natural phenomena through technology.
At the base, pyramidal forms made from stacked bricks anchor the installation. These pyramids represent the fractal geometries of L-System algorithms. The same generative principles used to simulate natural growth and branching, making the base of the structure a representation of how the lightning on top was formed.
Credits:
Curators:
Li Zhenhua (Curator) @lzhenhua
Sara Almutlaq (Curator) @sara.endipity
Mami Kataoka (Curatorial Advisory Lead) @mami_kataoka_2018
Artwork Concept, Direction, Composition : James Clar @_james_clar
Producers: Alex Czetwertynski @alexczetwertynski and Nicolas Wierinck @nicolas_wierinck
Commission: Noor Riyadh @noorriyadhfestival @riyadhartofficial
Neon fabrication: Art Project France @art_project.pro
Scaffolding: Absolute Stage Structures @assscaffolding
Produced by That Right There @that.right.there
Jane Lombard Gallery @janelombardgallery
Lawrie Shabibi Gallery @lawrieshabibi
Silverlens Gallery @silverlensgallery
Noor Riyadh 2025 is organized by Riyadh Art, under the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC)
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