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Description: With musical construction by Zbigniew Bargielski. Town of Matsudai, Japan. The Light Cross was commissioned to celebrate the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000, one of the largest open-air festivals in the world, including 142 artists from 32 countries.

The point of departure of my reflection on the notion of "light" is its origins as described in the Genesis, according to the Holy Bible. God said, "Let there be light", and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

In all religions and mythologies light came first. It is the condition of life and the most natural source of energy. Man's necessity to adapt to the physical reality brought him to discover then conq