Ideal Object


The Ideal Object is a laser art installation which uses beams in air to draw the edges of an octohedron (eight-sided solid figure). The figure is 20 feet tall, and "supported" by a steel structure holding mirrors.

Links below describe the installation in more detail:

The support structure
The laser and optics

About the kinds of helpers needed:

Support structure design and construction
Mirror enclosure construction
Installation/takedown crew,Operation crew

A computer graphic view is shown below.
picture of ideal object from 30 feet away
Below, a closer view as if one was lying on the ground next to it.
view nearby, on the ground
And a view from high above, showing the support structure.
view from above