PHOTOS: ‘Life Cube’ lights up downtown Las Vegas
The "Life Cube," a 24-by-24-foot wooden art sculpture burns in downtown Las Vegas Friday, March 21, 2014. The Life Cube Project is a walk-thru, interactive experience, with murals from local artists, write boards, dramatic lighting at night, and music performances. The Life Cube project has two missions: Encouraging people to write down what they want to accomplish in their lives and connecting art with community, involving as many people as possible. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The "Life Cube," a 24-by-24-foot wooden art sculpture burns in downtown Las Vegas Friday, March 21, 2014. The Life Cube Project is a walk-thru, interactive experience, with murals from local artists, write boards, dramatic lighting at night, and music performances. The Life Cube project has two missions: Encouraging people to write down what they want to accomplish in their lives and connecting art with community, involving as many people as possible. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The "Life Cube," a 24-by-24-foot wooden art sculpture burns in downtown Las Vegas Friday, March 21, 2014. The Life Cube Project is a walk-thru, interactive experience, with murals from local artists, write boards, dramatic lighting at night, and music performances. The Life Cube project has two missions: Encouraging people to write down what they want to accomplish in their lives and connecting art with community, involving as many people as possible. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
People perform before the burning of the "Life Cube," a 24-by-24-foot wooden art sculpture in downtown Las Vegas Friday, March 21, 2014. The Life Cube Project is a walk-thru, interactive experience, with murals from local artists, write boards, dramatic lighting at night, and music performances. The Life Cube project has two missions: Encouraging people to write down what they want to accomplish in their lives and connecting art with community, involving as many people as possible. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The "Life Cube," a 24-by-24-foot wooden art sculpture is shown before burning in downtown Las Vegas Friday, March 21, 2014. The Life Cube Project is a walk-thru, interactive experience, with murals from local artists, write boards, dramatic lighting at night, and music performances. The Life Cube project has two missions: Encouraging people to write down what they want to accomplish in their lives and connecting art with community, involving as many people as possible. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The "Life Cube," a 24-by-24-foot wooden art sculpture burns in downtown Las Vegas Friday, March 21, 2014. The Life Cube Project is a walk-thru, interactive experience, with murals from local artists, write boards, dramatic lighting at night, and music performances. The Life Cube project has two missions: Encouraging people to write down what they want to accomplish in their lives and connecting art with community, involving as many people as possible. (Bill Hughes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Downtown Las Vegas has seen some fiery events before, but Friday’s “Life Cube” event may have taken things to a new incendiary level.
The “Life Cube,” a 24-by-24-foot wooden art sculpture, was a community art exhibit that was adorned with postcards from visitors who had been asked to share their wishes and goals.
Those dreams were then “released into the universe,” as the event’s website described it.
The burning took place on a lot near Fremont and Ninth streets.
