Uplift is a tensegrity sculpture, built for Burning Man 2025.
Fabricated by Glass House Arts in Escondido, and inspired by a design MJ's dad developed, Uplift is ten feet tall, weighs 200 lbs, and is available for sale or temporary exhibition. Contact us.
Uplift is a ten-foot tensegrity study in steel with stainless cables. It uses a new off-grid lighting module we designed for field reliability - solar power, steel housings, sealed wiring.
Scale: ~10 ft tall • ~300 lb
Materials: Steel elements • stainless cables • oil-based paint
Lighting: Lux Capacitor off-grid units • solar with LiFePO4 • steel housings • lag-anchored
Team: Core crew of two • two frequent helpers • ~10 contributors total
Debut: Burning Man 2025 • then a local gallery
Made from 2" square steel tube, and stainless 3/16 diameter cables.