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Documented artwork / kinetic audiovisual light installation

Paraluna

Christopher Schardt

A computer-controlled disc combines spinning LEDs, changing orientation, and classical music. Light patterns interact with rotation to form radial shapes or appear to hover above the moving structure. The artist’s portfolio describes a 10-metre configuration.

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At a glance

Year / version
2019 (Burning Man honoraria listing; creation date unconfirmed)
Materials
LEDs
Documented setting
unknown
Dimensions
10 m disc diameter (artist’s portfolio configuration).
Dimensions apply to
The artist-owned portfolio specifies a 10 m disc. This is a documented configuration, not a verified dimension for the particular inventory item or every historical version.
Availability
Unconfirmed

Places & versions

Installation history

Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.

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How this work was made and presented

Artist’s project description; dimensions vary across accounts.

Motion participates in the image

Schardt’s Paraluna description explains that the LED disc rotates, tilts and changes height under computer control. Some patterns use that rotation to form spirals; others use persistence of vision to make images appear suspended. Classical music accompanies the visual scenes. The moving support and image programming are therefore connected parts of the intended experience.

Christopher Schardt: Paraluna ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-11

For your project brief

Which movement sequence, image program and audience position would define this presentation?

Big Art Partners planning prompt

Retrospective description of Paraluna within a later project campaign.

A documented overhead presentation

In his 2023 Mariposa campaign, Schardt looks back at Paraluna’s 2018 installation and describes its LED disc suspended from a boom lift, moving vertically with patterns choreographed to classical music. He explains his broader aim of giving visitors a place to rest beneath light and music. A host can use that account to clarify the proposed viewing experience and support arrangement.

Christopher Schardt: 2023 campaign ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-11

For your project brief

What support arrangement and resting or viewing areas would the artist propose here?

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