10 — Monumental sculpture · Energy · Technology
A monumental installation that fuses sculpture, light, recycled materials and ancestral symbolism to transform spaces into experiences.
Overview ↓01 — Overview
The jaguar invites us to pause, contemplate and remember who we are.
02 — The story
The circular sculpture can inhabit festival stages, hotel lobbies, private rooms, restaurants, galleries and contemplative spaces. Light makes the same body shift from guardian to portal, focal point or ritual presence.
Air gives lightness; water brings fluidity; light awakens the piece; earth gives structure; love gives intention. Recycled PET-G, engraved metal and internal LED lighting translate those principles into a physical system.
Jaguar de Luz is designed to operate at several levels: collectible or commissioned artwork, activated installation and visual identity for cultural encounters. Its imagery remains recognizable while scale, setting and interaction can change.
The large-format guardian has shared space with audiences at Hotel Punta Diamante and at national gatherings including Utopía 2024 and Laguna Fest 2025. Each activation changes its atmosphere—from hospitality to festival and contemplation—while preserving the work as the luminous center of the encounter.
03 — Echoes of the guardian
Voices from festivals, creative practice and private spaces describe how EK-BALAM —Jaguar de Luz— changes the atmosphere around it: from monumental encounter to intimate guardian.
Monumental experience
“EK-BALAM’s presence transformed the stage into a ritual centre; it was not simply scenery, but the energetic axis of the gathering.”
Utopía Festival organiser
“Holding its gaze in the darkness, I felt the sculpture watching over all of us; an imposing presence that activates the space.”
Attendee · Utopía Festival 2024
Creative vision
“His work is the perfect intersection of technical precision and mysticism; a piece that redefines conscious luxury and material legacy.”
Fashion designer
“Playing my set in front of the Jaguar was mystical; its pulses of light synchronised with the frequency of the music, creating an absolute trance.”
DJ & music producer
Domestic guardians
“Since the Guardian arrived in my studio, the space feels more balanced; its gaze gives me a profound sense of calm and certainty.”
Collector · Lunar Edition
“I was looking for more than decoration; EK-BALAM is a piece of soul engineering that watches over the essence of my home.”
Art investor
“My art is a bridge. Thank you for taking part in activating this legacy.”
— Thiago Vergara · 2026
04 — Visual archive
07 visual pieces
Thiago Vergara with the monumental illuminated guardian.
Light activates the jaguar’s gaze and engraved surface.
The monumental head shifts color as the experience changes.
The complete radial composition brings the five elements together.
Detail, scale and light turn sculpture into an atmospheric threshold.
Film: Ek-Balam artistic experience, activated beside the water at night.
Film: the large-format Jaguar de Luz inhabits hospitality and ritual space.
