DATA ART INSTALLATION

As part of the ActNow XR Experience, we will be touring a large-scale interactive data art installation, titled LAKA'LELUP, which is a Native American Washoe term meaning "Coming Together for a Common Purpose." The installation has two modes, REFLECT: where one can see themselves and contemplate their place in the surrounding environment, and ILLUMINATE: when a custom designed LED system brings data visualizations on the climate tipping points to life with an ambient soundscape and narration by Indigenous leaders. A "digital twin" of LAKA'LELUP will be accessible in the VR world.

LAKA'LELUP PROJECT INTRO VIDEO

Climate Tipping Points and Planetary Boundaries

Exceeding 1.5°C of global warming can trigger several irreversible impacts to the climate system. Data visualizations highlight greenhouse gas emissions that can cause climate tipping points to cascade, setting off catastrophic impacts across the planet.

Ecosystem Restoration and Biodiversity

Visualizing how conserving and restoring natural spaces, and the biodiversity they contain, is essential for limiting emissions and adapting to climate impacts. Protecting and restoring ecosystems is our strongest natural defense against climate change.

SUSTAINABLE ART POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY

Visualizing the Invisible

The core objective of the size and scale of the ActNow XR Art Installation is to promote sustainability through the convergence of art, data, and clean energy by demonstrating how much renewable energy, from different sources, is required to power an average house. It's eye opening to see what it takes to provide 10kW of power to support a multi-media art installation that utilizes 50kWh of energy per night with single phase 120V.

In comparison the average 2,000 sq ft house requires a 10kW of power per day, which comes from approximately 28 Solar Panels at 350W each charged at 4 hours and stored in 11 Lithium Ferrous (Iron) Phosphate (LFP) batteries, which do not contain nickel or cobalt.

Clean, Renewable Energy

Alternatively, Green Hydrogen, being the most abundant chemical substance in the universe, can power 8-16kW of continuous performance scalable up to 50kWh with additional enclosures, paired with a 48V battery based inverter.

A 10kW generator filled with Renewable Diesel (RD) or hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) biofuel known as Green Diesel, can power the art installation and as well as run the essentials appliances of an average-sized house for a range of 30-50kWh per day. Green Diesel can be used as an immediate "drop-in" replacement for petroleum based diesel without making any mechanical modifications.