Eclipse/
Lumen

Commissioner Greenman Festival
Year 2017

For Green Man Festival 2017, Lumen were commissioned to create a new work, Eclipse, which re-imagined the total solar eclipse occurring around the time of Green Man but only visible in the United States, providing a collective viewing experience under the pine trees.

Over the course of the festival, the total solar eclipse installation was a site for reflection on myths and legends surrounding the total eclipse. From the Pomo’s who believed that a bear took a bite out of the Sun, to the Tewa tribe who believed that the angry Sun went underworld in a fit of anger, to inuits who believed that the Sun and Moon were chasing each other as part of an argument.

The piece was 2m in diameter, made of MDF and plywood. The surface is hyper reflective fabric and the light used to illuminate it was a G-Spot. The piece was suspected 4m from the floor of the forest.

Images by Max Miechowski and Melanie King