https://www.wired.com/story/i-found-jesus-at-a-drone-show/
"One September night in 2025, the luminous face of Baby Jesus appeared in the
sky over the Vatican—clearly, verifiably, witnessed by tens of thousands. It
was some two millennia after the
Book of Revelation prophesied, in John’s
apocalyptic vision, that “he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see
him.” Soon, the image transfigured into the late Pope Francis. In a spectacle
at once holy and cyberpunk, the papal face blazing across the Roman sky was
pixelated—composed not of divine light, but of drones.
Accompanying the apparition wasn’t a seraphic choir but two earthbound mortals,
hundreds of feet below, singing “Amazing Grace”: the Italian tenor Andrea
Bocelli and, bejeweled in gold chains and cross pendants, the face-tattooed
American Teddy Swims. Later to appear above the basilica was a pointillistic
rendering of a colossal
Pietà, which soon reassembled into the two
outstretched fingers of Michelangelo’s famous fresco. Some members of the crowd
packed into St. Peter’s Square for “Grace for the World”—the first concert ever
held on this holy ground—wept.
The drone show in the Vatican sky was produced by Nova Sky Stories, a company
owned by Kimbal Musk, younger brother of Elon (who, in a sense, owns the rest
of the sky with his rockets and satellites). One recent afternoon in San
Francisco, Kimbal recounted that night to me. “In a world where all the
religious people are fighting each other, it was really a powerful message,” he
said. Kimbal is the folksier Musk, with his signature cowboy hat and air of a
small-town mayor. He found it surreal to be in a WhatsApp thread where Vatican
officials and representatives for Pharrell debated artistic direction."
Via
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
