Grace of the Sun UK
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Little Sun, co-founded by Olafur Eliasson, collaborated with Scottish artist Robert Montgomery on Grace of the Sun – a solar powered light poem urging commitment to renewable energy at the UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. The artwork has been constructed using 1,000 solar powered Light Sun lights and stands 11-metres wide and five-metres tall. The giant solar light poem – in place for the duration of COP26 – illuminated every day at sunset as a beacon of hope for Glasgow. After the artwork’s installation, the work was dismantled, with the lights joining Little Sun’s wider efforts to provide clean, affordable solar power to the 600 million people living without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the non-profit has brought solar light power to more than three million people to date. Located at arts and climate justice pop-up The Landing Hub on the Sustainable Glasgow Landing site, the installation was part of Little Sun’s Reach for the Sun initiative. This engages creatives in the global movement to highlight the power of solar to tackle climate change and end energy poverty. The project is enabled by global green energy tech pioneer Octopus Energy Group, and supported by Montgomery’s agency MTArt
