螺旋

2016 - ROCK ON THE RANGE, TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL, ADOBE MAX BASH
2015 - SYMBIOSIS GATHERING
2013 - BURNING MAN, ESCAPE FROM WONDERLAND

在夜晚接近这件艺术品，你可能会觉得自己在乘坐宇宙飞船，朝着一个在漆黑的太空中旋转的小星系前进。树枝上的圆球在天空中闪烁，像一串串的星星。

当你走近时，你看到一棵离地面25英尺高的大树，伸出25英尺高的火红树冠。巨大的树枝扭曲着，缠绕着，伸向天空，分支成六个巨大的星云，旋转着火球。每个球直径从3英尺到5英尺不等，能够以1转/分的速度或300转/分的速度旋转。这会产生各种各样的火焰效果，从旋转的蜡烛，到明亮的蓝色火球，再到你头顶上肆虐的橙色地狱。在你下面，地面被一个巨大的光池覆盖，由数十颗闪烁的LED恒星向外发光。水池在雕塑周围创造了一种气场，并让下面的人沐浴在凉爽的光芒中。结构基础形成了一个长凳的观察圈，可容纳50多人。

坐在这棵树的怀抱里就是跨越到一个新的星体层，从另一个世界投射到沙漠的地面上。

——艾伦·格林伯格著

HELIX
2016 - ROCK ON THE RANGE, TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL, ADOBE MAX BASH
2015 - SYMBIOSIS GATHERING
2013 - BURNING MAN, ESCAPE FROM WONDERLAND

To approach this work of art in the night may make you feel as if you're moving on a spaceship towards a small galaxy spinning in the inky blackness of space. The orbs on its branches twinkle like clusters of stars in the sky.

As you come closer, you recognize a massive tree rising 25ft from the ground and reaching out with a 25ft fiery canopy. Huge branches twist, intertwine, and touch the sky, branching out into six massive nebulas, spinning orbs of fire. Each ball ranges from 3ft to 5ft in diameter and is capable of spinning as slow as 1 RPM or as fast as 300 RPM. This creates variable fire effects, from spinning candles, to bright blue balls of fire, to raging orange infernos high above you. Below you, the ground is covered in a giant pool of light, made from dozens of twinkling LED stars shining outwards. The pool creates an aura around the sculpture and bathes those below in a cool glow. The structural base forms an observation ring of benches that creates seating for over 50 people.

To sit in the embrace of this tree is to cross over onto a new astral plane, projected onto the grounds of a desert from a world away.
o by Alan Grinberg