I Found Jesus at a Drone Show
A drone light show at the Vatican, produced by Kimbal Musk's company, featured religious imagery set to music by Andrea Bocelli. The event, which originated from concepts developed at Burning Man, aimed to provide a message of unity in a divided world.
Why it matters
It illustrates the intersection of modern technology, high-profile entertainment, and traditional religious institutions.
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 article provides a descriptive account of a unique cultural event without taking a stance on the religious or technological implications.
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