A giant art installation created to look like an origami crane will give concertgoers at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival a welcome relief from the Southern California sun this weekend. They might also find a little inspiration along with the shade.
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Inspired by the Japanese legend of the thousand origami cranes, the massive Ascension installation – dreamed up by Crimson Collective and set up for the first time at Coachella – is meant to convey a sense of peace and prosperity, according to the artists' representatives.
"It's meant to inspire and bring people to this other realization," rep Haily Zaki told Wired.com in an interview ahead of Ascension's inaugural construction. At Coachella (which starts Friday and runs through Sunday) and Stagecoach (the country music festival that takes place at the same site in Indio, California, April 24 and 25), a fuel cell demo station will run under Ascension's wings.
The artists envision Ascension, with various educational components like the fuel cell demo, making the rounds of festivals and fairs around the world. To that end, the giant crane folds up and fits in a standard 40-foot shipping container. See more images of the Ascension, its designer and the installation's inaugural construction below.
