Known for his commitment to large-scale, real-time computer simulations, John Gerrard works to explore the power structures and energy networks that have facilitated the expansion of human endeavor in the past century. Displayed on a monumental, frameless LED wall, Solar Reserve (Tonopah, Nevada) 2014 is a meticulously-constructed simulation of an actual power plant known as a solar thermal power tower. Ten thousand concentric mirrors reflect sunlight upon the tower to heat molten salts, forming a thermal battery used to generate electricity. Over the course of a 365-day year, the work simulates the actual movements of the sun, moon, and stars as they would appear over the Nevada site, with the mirrors adjusting their positions in real time according to the position of the sun. As this virtual world rotates on the earth’s axis throughout a 24-hour day, the perspective of the viewer shifts gradually from ground to satellite, making each audience experience unique over the course of its exhibition. Through this painstaking choreography, Gerrard’s computer-generated landscape evokes virtual gaming and special effects, conflating the veracity of the site with the produced "unreality" rendered in the program.