Lindy Lee

Lindy Lee is an Australian artist who explores her Chinese ancestry through Taoism and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism. Using symbolic gestures, her artworks embody the intimate connections between human existence and the cosmos. Aligning with some of Masdar City's core values, Lee was commissioned to present an artwork for the space. 

The Tower of Ten Billion Stars is placed at the entrance of the Siemens Energy headquarters in Masdar City. It was chosen as an arrival statement that contemplates the world around us and inspires imagination about our connective futures. This artwork was created by panel-beating stainless steel and drilling thousands of perforations through its shell. Finally, it was mirror polished to give off a reflective surface that, when looked at, warps the reflection due to its shape, combining with the thousands of holes to create a sense of the universe.

The UAP curatorial team worked with Lee to align with Masdar City's principles and considered eliminating things like concrete footings to reduce this artwork's carbon footprint. Instead, it now provides a small inhabitable waiting space for visitors made possible by using Glassfibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC) suitable due to its low thermal absorption properties.