Somewhere Under the Rainbow

Site Responsive, Renewable Energy Sculpture, Light Sculpture.

Somewhere Under the Rainbow celebrates the wonder of rainbows and sculpturally expresses statistical data about the global uptake of renewable energy. Reflecting on the cultural symbology of the arch as a threshold for initiation and re-newel, seven consecutive arches form a tunnel that becomes illuminated, via the presence of four solar panels and batteries, becoming a rainbow of the night. This sculpture also demonstrates our increased uptake in renewable energy globally. The length of each arch in the sculpture conveys the measurements of “World renewable energy consumption from 2010-17 in million metric tons of oil equivalent”. Each arch represents a year’s consumption, the smallest being 2010 moving up to the largest, 2017.  Each millimetre of length in each arch equates to the MARS Gallery building filled with oil 22 times over. This sculpture illuminates a hopeful message about our action towards a sustainable future.