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About Star Axis

Star Axis is an architectonic earth/star sculpture constructed with the geometry of the stars. Created by artist Charles Ross, all of Star Axis’s shapes and angles are determined by earth-to-star alignments. They are built into the sculpture so that we can experience them in human scale. Star Axis offers an intimate experience of how the earth's environment extends into the space of the stars.

The approach to building Star Axis involves gathering a variety of star alignments occurring in different time scales and allowing them to form the architecture. The sculpture's name refers to its primary earth–to-star alignment: it is precisely aligned with Earth's axis, which now points toward our north star Polaris.

Charles Ross’s artwork is about light, time, and planetary motion. Star Axis is his largest project. It was conceived in 1971, and after a four-year search throughout the southwest, Ross broke ground in 1976. Star Axis is presently being constructed on a mesa in New Mexico. Built with granite and sandstone,

at its outside dimensions, Star Axis is 11 stories high and 1/10th of a mile across.

Star Axis has five main elements. The Star Tunnel is precisely aligned with Earth's axis. Here the viewer can walk through layers of celestial time, making directly visible the 26,000-year cycle of precession, Earth's shifting alignment with the stars. The Solar Pyramid marks the daily and seasonal movements of the sun across the Shadow Field. From inside the Hour Chamber you can view one hour of Earth's rotation, and from inside the Equatorial Chamber you can observe the stars that travel directly above the equator.

About Star Axis
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Support

Star Axis is currently under construction and closed to the general public. 

The current projection for Star Axis opening is 2027 or 2028. We thank you for your patience. 

Fundraising is underway to complete Star Axis.

As part of a fundraising drive to complete Star Axis, SUPPORTING FRIENDS can visit

Star Axis during the summer months by making special arrangements

through the Land Light Foundation.

Please click the Contribute button below to find out more.  

Please consider supporting Star Axis through the Land Light Foundation.

All donations go directly toward the construction of Star Axis. 

THANK YOU 

The Land Light Foundation is a non-profit organization that relies

on a variety of funding sources to complete Star Axis,

and deeply appreciates the loyalty and enthusiasm of its supporters.

Land Light Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the completion of Star Axis.

All donations go directly toward the construction of Star Axis.

The Land Light Foundation is committed to supporting Star Axis,

which manifests awareness that the earth's environment extends into the space of the stars.

Land Light Foundation 
69 Wooster Street, #7

New York, NY 10012

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