R9W Rainbow BridgeWhat is the project?
●Fun, climbable, interactive artwork
●Beautiful in the day or night
●Looking Up Arts Foundation
●Burning Man 2018
●Over 100 volunteers
●Symbol of love, hope, unity
What does it do?
●3 story high views
●Bridge enables Silks and Lyra performers
●Swings can be attached
●Billboard for love notes and shoutouts
●Visualizes music for DJs, singers, and
instrumentalists
●Video games like Flamingo race up the Rainbow
●Showcase for other artists and events
●Public educational tool for schools and colleges
●Breathtaking light patterns visible from miles
●Traffic can go under
The Team
Josh Zubkoff - Lead Artist
●University of California, Santa Barbara. BA, Studio Art
●Looking Up Arts Non-profit Founder, Creative Director
●Phoenicopterus Rex (BRC Grant), Rainbow Bridge
Srikanth Guttikonda - Lead LED Artist
●California State University. BS Physics, Mathematics
●Looking Up Arts Non-profit Founder, Artist, CFO
●Rainbow Bridge, His Noodliness (CFAEA Grant)
Isaac Blackwood - Lead Fabricator
●Lead Fabricator for Rainbow Bridge, Phoenicopterus Rex
●Over a decade of building large art
●Metal, Wood, Glass, Plastics, Fiberglass fabrication
Tracy Scott - Lead Software, Lead Visuals
Mingjing Huang - Lead Electrical Engineer
Rbhu Structural Engineering - Most trusted BRC Engineer
Over 100 Volunteers! - (We love our volunteers)
Looking Up Arts Foundation is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization established in
2018 dedicated to large scale art installations. Looking Up supports local artists for the
production, exhibition, and public dissemination of exciting and extraordinary art projects,
focusing primarily on art festivals and interactive exhibitions.
Looking Up focuses its support on installations that are fresh, ambitious, and interactive. Grants
are given to projects that are typically large in scale, a specialized arena in which artists,
designers, engineers, and tradespersons collaborate to make extraordinary, labor-intensive
projects of love.
https://www.lookingup.art/
Burning Man 2018
Art Basel Miami 2018
How it’s constructed
●22,000 lbs of steel
●25,000 LEDs
●56 wood rainbow panels
●96 stairs
●2,000 bolts
●6 miles of wires
What’s Next?
●Steel and Aluminum panels
●Easy to repair LEDs
●Waterproof electronics
●Replace all wood with weather resistant materials
●Purpose-built Rainbow Bridge for permanent install
○Security cabinets
○Ability to close stairs when not in use
○Adjustments to local building codes
We would love the opportunity to bring the love of the Rainbow Bridge to
Miami Beach and our team of Artists, Engineers, Fabricators, and Builders
look forward to working with the city customize the project to suit the needs
of the install location.
Rainbow Bridge: giantrainbow.com
Looking Up Arts Foundation: lookingup.art