Uriel Guy

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Illumination NYC in Wagner Park, Lower Manhattan — September 27, 2025. #nyc #newyork #city #urban #view #snap #capture #moment #park #night #skyline #glow #art #illumination #digitalart #photography #event #weekend #cool #ny1pic #waterfront #beautiful #people #candid #lights #lines #fuji

💡Arist Spotlight - Eclipsed Luminosity by @uriel.guy Uriel is an Israeli-born, New York–based artist whose work with LEDs spans from intimate wearables to a 50-foot mobile art pieces. Featured at Burning Man, NYC galleries, and private events, he has spent over a decade exploring geometric forms in light. Drawing on his engineering background, Uriel creates large-scale, immersive works driven by a deep internal need for expression. While working with advanced technology, he preserves the innocence of color and movement, inviting curiosity, play, and interaction. Eclipsed Luminosity is a 20ft tall beacon, made out of over 1000ft of LED lights. It is a small stellated dodecahedron, made out of 12 pentagrams, with 5 joining at every corner. Employing generative animations, it is constantly evolving, as part of the viewer’s journey. It is the pinnacle of the artist’s journey to build the largest possible structure in a limited NYC studio space. Its build uses just hands and feet, no tools or ladders. Immerse yourself in Eclipsed Luminosity tonight through Saturday at Illumination, 6:30pm-11:00pm! ⚡️

Part of me feels guilty sharing the joyful moments from this year’s Burn, knowing how challenging it was for so many. Yes, the weather was extreme. Yes, it rained for days. Our experience was dubbed “Burning Man: Wrath of God Edition.” But that challenge, that overcoming, that community building behind the instagrammable photos is what it’s all about. Some people are resentful that their burns were “cut short”, but I disagree. Even when it rained for half the week, even when we were securing our camp in sustained 55mph winds, even when we were unable to bike or walk from place to place, I looked at the intimacy and bonding that took place within our smaller community, the hands that built the camp, the people that we meticulously chose for skill and energy and enthusiasm, and I am so proud and thankful. Burning man can be anything, it can be dancing and exploring or spontaneous experiences. It can also be playing chess all night with your campmates, checking on your neighbors, helping strangers, or walking barefoot in the cold mud to deliver burgers to people wrapped up in blankets to stay warm and dry. I didn’t feel like our burn was “cut short” in any way. It was just different. And it was deeply real. This video was taken on a night when we’d all accepted we weren’t going anywhere. It was raining again and we didn’t know when it was going to stop. Our crew huddled inside the art car with blankets, snacks, music, and lights. Then suddenly… the rain stopped. The ground held. We could move. We could drive! WE COULD EXPLORE! We popped champagne, cried, laughed, and cheered. It felt like something broke open in all of us. My heart was so full it felt like it was about to burst! We started the generators, flipped on the sound system, blasted “Start Me Up” by The Rolling Stones, and (carefully) drove onto playa, with our neighbors cheering and waving us off on our maiden voyage. There were many core memories from this year’s burn, but this exact moment was something I will carry with me for years to come. @led.zeppelin.art.car #burningman #ttitd #bm2025

✨ I’m thrilled to announce the opening of a new art installation in the heart of New York City! A year after graduating from Bezalel Academy, I landed in New York as an intern at an architecture firm. We worked long hours—early mornings to late nights—alongside an incredible team of dreamers from all over the world. On those extra-long days, we’d sneak out for gelato at Eataly, just a few blocks away, in the beautiful building at 200 Fifth Avenue, right across from the Flatiron. Fast forward a few years—life came full circle. I was invited by curatorial firm Standart Arts to participate in a competition for a rotating art installation, commissioned by BXP, the real estate company that now owns the same Fifth Avenue building where I once caught my breath between CAD drafts and 3D models. This work draws on my personal story—and the stories of countless others—who spend endless days and nights in the modern city, often disconnected from nature and from the quiet moments that give us meaning. For over a month, I recorded live-streamed videos of the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets I could find—from Australia, Japan, the Caribbean, and beyond—and wove them into a seamless video. That footage is now projected through LED rear-projection onto the building’s walls. The piece is inspired by the research of Dr. Alex Smalley at the University of Exeter, who studies how virtual nature—especially sunrises and sunsets—can positively impact mental well-being. The installation will be on view through the end of the year, offering a moment of pause for every visitor and worker passing through—to catch the sunrise or sunset they might otherwise miss. Huge thanks to the team that made this possible: @_standardarts , my curator, for your trust and creative freedom @uriel.guy - The project engineer and LED wizard @sefibartov - refining details @vika_libman & nir dellus - research support @blaineduh - photography @chromaticfas - Handling service And to everyone who helped along the way!

Amazing weekend up in Westmoreland NH, and thank you so much the @elpulpomecanico for such an amazing time with all of those absolute legends - the people and the fire breathing octopus! Photos of my own art to follow

Say hello to Eclipsed Luminosity! My latest creation at Love Burn 2025. About a quarter mile of LEDs, set as a beacon for the wonderful Shandy and Showers camp. While the wind ended up winning over it this time it will be rebuilt 🙂 #ledart #lightart #loveburn #loveburn2025 #ws2812b #art #light #burningman @led.zeppelin.art.car #sculpture

Hey! Come support my art piece, Eclipsed Luminosity, as well as lots of other camps and art pieces on the 18th! Great people, excellent music, phenomenal art! Excited to see you there

A new art piece making its debut for burn week! 60 meters of addressable LEDs in an icosahedron chandelier . . . . #burningman #light #lightart #led #ledart #ws2812b