By Kimberley Mok / Source: TreeHugger

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Inefficient and short-lived incandescent light bulbs are being phased out in parts of the world like India, Argentina, and the European Union; even the UN has weighed in on the matter, saying that discontinuing them would reduce carbon emissions and save billions of dollars. But what will happen to those billions of incandescent bulbs that will be phased out?

There’s only so many terrariums you can make out of these discarded bulbs; Canadian artists Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett of Incandescent Cloud re-use them instead in their sculptures that pair audience interactivity with artificial light. One of their recent pieces comes from their “Celestial” series, titled “New Moon,” which repurposes over 5,500 light bulbs donated to them by the locals in Lexington, Kentucky. The sculpture was on display in the town’s square. See New Moon in action:

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