Spectral Scarab

About

By day, Spectral Scarab glimmers in the desert sun like a sacred artifact emerging from the Playa. At sunset, hidden light begins to awaken—warm ambers fading into deep violet as the sky descends into night. After dark, projection imagery blooms across its wings: celestial constellations, underworld tones, and radiant sunrise hues. Inspired by Khepri, the Egyptian scarab who carried the sun across the sky, the work echoes the Playa's daily ritual of dawn and dusk. Spectral Scarab becomes a modern Axis Mundi—a luminous threshold where light, shadow, memory, and rebirth converge. @tremendousmachinefarm

Where to find it

Installation placements go on the map August 30. Check back then to find this one out there.