Axion Seed

Axion Seed view inside pentagon boundary

About

Axion Seed explores the moment when a central form becomes aware of itself through its relationship to the space around it, borrowing its name from a hypothesized presence not yet observed. 

Anchored by a central, rotatable cylinder that radiates light into a woven lattice of intersecting laser paths, the installation immerses visitors in a constellation of shifting paths and reflections.

Moving within it, they experience a quiet awakening as they become both witness and participant in the geometry around them.

Presented: Burning Man 2026

Gallery

A tangle of laser beam reflections

Woodworking lead and Lead Artist inside Axion Seed's laser maze

Participant reaching out to a laser beam, Axion Seed

Burning Man participant enjoying laser and mirror sculpture

Burning Man participants interacting with laser and mirror sculpture Axion Seed

Repeated laser images in Axion Seed mirrors

Artist and woodworking lead experience lasers on sculpture's freshly exposed mirror cylinder

Laser sculpture in daylight

Burning Man participants enjoying laser and mirror sculpture

Fiber optic neuron tangle atop a sculpture's core cylinder

Playa bulld crew for Burning man laser and mirror sculpture

Participant expresses joy while playing with dust and lasers

Videos

Shifting laser lattice

Infinite laser reflections in the mirrors

Mission Impossible Challenge

Tiny Steps Only!

Dusty Laser Sparkles

The Making of Axion Seed

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