Overview
Unfolding Humanity returned to Black Rock City in 2023 as an honorarium project. Originally exhibited in 2018, the piece underwent a complete makeover. The interactive sculpture, a steel dodecahedron covered in over 17,000 LEDs, highlights the tension between technology and humanity. One of the pentagonal walls of the sculpture unfolds under human power – inviting visitors to experience infinity reflections in the mirrored interior. The piece alludies to both Albrecht Dürer’s 500-year-old unsolved math problem on unfolding polyhedra and a possible shape of the universe.
This work was generously supported in part by a grant from Burning Man Project.
