Omega Recoil: Electricity as Art
Engineers can work with some incredibly high voltages, safely, while under the influence of science. In the following video from BoingBoing, the Omega Recoil team use a 1.39 million volt Tesla coil to create some interesting performance art.
John Behrens and “Omega Recoil” build giant Tesla Coils. Their work explores how electronic fields can be excited in the environment, and their creations become the centerpieces of interactive public art performances.
Some of the tinkerers and performers in this SF Bay Area-based collective were previously associated with Dr. Megavolt, an electrical art project which:
“…[featured] a person in a metal mesh suit interacting with artificially generated lighting. The Doctor sets objects on fire with electricity originating from large Tesla coils, spars with the electric arcs and exhorts the audience to worship the elemental force of electricity.”
