-Sonic Runway-
by Rob Jensen / Sonic Runway Team

Artist description from iBurn:

Imagine sound speeding across the desert as light.

The Sonic Runway is a 1000 ft corridor of lights that visualizes the speed of sound. Participants, especially sound art cars, are encouraged to play music or make other sounds at one end. This triggers colorful patterns of light that ripple down the corridor. Participants at the far end of the runway will see the sound coming at them before they hear it. No matter where you stand, the lights and the sound will be in sync.

The first Sonic Runway was installed at Burning Man as part of Sol System in ‘03/‘04. 16 years later, the new Runway takes the same basic concept but with an all new design, greater interactivity, and more intricate visualizations.