Higher Power, 2024

Chris Levine’s Higher Power (2024) is a city-scale light installation that creates a powerful beam using cutting-edge laser technology. Designed to be visible over the entire city, the newly commissioned work carefully aligns the direction and placement of the light to follow the spiritual ley lines that connect ancient landmarks on Earth.

Projected from the top of the 267-meter-high Al Faisaliah Tower, the linear beam complements the sweeping edges of the building. Viewers across the city are invited to look up and unravel a message encoded in the light, which pulsates the title of the installation and the word ‘peace’ in Morse code.

As the colored beam arcs over the city, it acts as a reminder to the viewer of the potential light has to bring about peace, hope and positive change.