Radiance Orb will soothe your soul

Nothing says lunch like a “Radiance Orb.”

Today over lunch, EW stopped in at Light at Play, an art-technology collective housed at Concentric Sky downtown, to chat with Yona Appletree and Kenyon Acton about the “Radiance Orb,” a high-res LED sphere that employs plastic acrylic triangle panels to produce a soothing and psychadellic light-art experience. The Radiance Orb, as well as other LED works by Light at Play, will be part of Bohemian Dub Ball at the Hult May 9. Light at Play’s work will also be on display at the Oregon Country Fair and the Mohawk Vally Music Festival this summer, before heading to Burning Man.

Check out the orb below:

A Note From the Publisher

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