A Florescent Light Cube for Hurricane Irene

As part of the “lockdown” for the recent Hurricane Irene 2011, twenty four florescent light fixtures, a bag of 1000 zip ties, aluminum tubing, some angle brackets, a 1000 watt 220 volt power supply, and tenty four florescent fixtures were secured as provisions.

The fixtures were a donation from Dubai. Rather than throw them out, a monument to Hurricane Irene and the destruction and strife that were to follow was obvious. It’s amber light, a beacon of hope for the survivors.

it is in this apocalyptic spirit that the piece is not about the cube, but about the McGuyver-like method of securing the fixtures to each other with only the zip ties aluminum tube, and brackets.