Gallery: Watch This 400-Foot-Tall Gas Tank Become an Insane Light Show

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    Photo: Wolfgang Volz
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    URBANSCREEN's *320° Licht* is a light installation based in asometer Oberhausen.
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    Photo: Thomas Machoczek
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    The towering gas tank reaches nearly 400 feet tall.
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    Photo: Wolfgang Volz
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    The inside of the tank is covered in black tar, which the German art collective used as a canvas for the projected light show.
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    Photo: Thomas Wolf
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    Using 21 projectors, URBANSCREEN projected various patterns and movements onto the tank's walls.
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    Photo: Wolfgang Volz
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    The room pulsates with Twilight Zone rings of light and shimmers with dots. It's like an M.C. Escher drawing come to life.
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    Photo: Thomas Wolf
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    The space itself is spectacle enough, which meant URBANSCREEN kept the optical illusions simple, focusing mainly on geometric shapes and organic, undulating motions.
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