Category: Gallery

As homage to the Mayan god of lightning, Cauac stands claim to being the largest pair of Tesla Coils in existence.

At over 15′ tall and 30′ apart, Syd Klinge has mastered the art of lighting the air ablaze with arcs of man-made lightning.

For several years, one of which included a tour through Australia, the coils had a cluster of custom LED lights in the star-points around their bases.

The EMF collapse as the coils turned on or off would reset the circuit boards, causing a coordinated blink as the lightning disappeared.

As an Atlanta-based blacksmith, Jeffrey Loy has been producing beautiful sculptures with LED lighting for over a decade. In 2003 he began collaborating with LumiGeek co-founder Joe Martin to bring dynamic solar powered LED lighting to his creations.

Together they produced pieces that lit the Atlanta skyline during the then-nascent West End arts scene, appeared in group shows in Richmond, Virginia and Austin, Texas, and helped celebrate the opening of the monumental Atlanta Greenway project. These pieces were a striking combination of old-world blacksmith techniques combined with cutting edge LED architectural lighting and control systems, with a focus on seamlessly blending technology and craftsmanship into a single vision.

Jeffry and JoeJoe later had an interactive installation piece entitled “Pupula Arboretum” in the curated Activating Spaces show in the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art in Jacksonville, Florida.

This massive art piece marked a seminal moment in Burning Man history, changing the scale at which artists pushed the limits.

Atlanta-based sculptor, Zach Coffin, brought in JoeJoe Martin to build a custom 3-foot LED beacon so the sculpture could easily be found at night in the vast expanse of the playa.