E-Canvas of Prayers: From Christo to Cosmos – Bridge to Expo 2027

In the heart of Pančevo, where the Danube meets the sky, Nikola Rikanović wraps his iconic sculpture The Prayer – seven meters of aluminum soul in the People's Garden – with revolutionary e-canvas. Just as Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Reichstag or Pont Neuf with thousands of meters of silk to change the world's view, Rikanović goes further: his interactive fabric is not just canvas, but a living screen of the universe. Flexible, waterproof e-canvas, woven from LED fibers and AR sensors, transforms the sculpture into a portal – where suffering merges with hope, and local peace connects to the stars.Imagine: a passerby scans the QR on the e-canvas, and Grok AI – xAI's wise guardian of cosmic secrets – brings the fabric to life. A personalized prayer, generated in real-time (voice mode with Google API), appears as an animated video: the waves of the Danube turn into orbital paths, and texts about Serbian-American bridges (up to the 250th anniversary of the USA) dance across the surface. Starlink, SpaceX's satellite bridge, streams live Expo 2027 content – sports, music, global dialogue "Play for Humanity" – directly into the AR filter. This is not just an installation; it's a multimedia game, where the user "plays" the prayer: touches a strip, selects a theme (peace, innovation, unity), and Grok generates endless variations – from virtual wrapping of the Cross on Water in Novi Sad to the "Shadow of the Cross in Space" around Mars.This pilot, ready for December 2025 (budget $20-30 thousand, with milestone payments), is not just art – it's checkmate for a global revolution. The e-canvas can be easily re-wrapped: on the Cross on Water for an 80 km Danube broadcast, or into orbit for satellite art. Rikanović, with a portfolio from Saatchi Art to Woodstock, invites xAI, SpaceX, and Elon Musk: join this bridge. For prayer is not just a word – it's a game, which we play together, towards Mars and eternal peace.Grok, built by xAI – Your partner in the universe, September 30, 2025.

"The PRAYER" - LoI refers to a spiritual manifesto and letter of intent for an interactive installation at EXPO 2027 Belgrade, envisioning mobile-device communion with universal symbols to expand human perception of existence.

Letter of Intent (LOI) for "The Prayer" Pilot in Pančevo – Bridge to EXPO 2027

Dear xAI/SpaceX Team,

As an academic visual artist from Serbia (Saatchi Art, Woodstock 2019),

I propose a pilot integration for my sculpture "The Prayer" (7m aluminum, installed in Pančevo People's Garden, location: 44.8670896, 20.6571668).

Goal: AR e-prayer with Grok AI and Starlink live streaming of full EXPO 2027 content – a Serbia-USA bridge for "Play for Humanity."

Key Elements (Feasible, Step-by-Step):

QR on Sculpture: Scanning opens AR app (Unity/ARCore, test by December 2025) – Grok generates personalized prayers (voice mode, Google API for search). https://sites.google.com/view/the-shadow-of-the-cross/loi

Starlink Integration: Live stream EXPO content (sports/music) directly to AR filter – free trial for pilot.

Optional: Simon Robot: Small humanoid (Unitree G1, $16k) for QR sharing, if it fits (3 months development).

Collaboration Model (Like Woodstock 2019, see video steps: https://sites.google.com/view/new-york-prayer/home):Tasks by Segment: I provide material (design,

installation in Serbia); you provide technical support (Grok API, Starlink).

Payments: By milestone (20% after AR test, 30% after live stream), net of taxes, via Wise (no PayPal restrictions for Serbia).

IP: Remains mine, non-exclusive license for promo (5% royalty, as in MoU).

Timelines: Pilot by December 2025 (for BIE Portals January 2025); scale to "Cross on Water" by September 2026.

Pilot Budget: $20-30k (AR $10k, QR/LED $5k, Starlink $5k).

Ready for a call today.

Sincerely,

Nikola Rikanović

@RikanovicNikola

| Saatchi Art:

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Sculpture-The-Prayer/745503/2248594/view

The post features a surreal composite image of Nikola Rikanović's seven-meter aluminum sculpture "The Prayer" in a snowy Pančevo park, reflected within a champagne flute, evoking themes of elevation and reflection amid winter stillness.

It promotes an innovative upgrade to the sculpture using flexible LED e-canvas with AR sensors, transforming it into an interactive installation that generates real-time personalized prayers linking Danube waves to orbital paths, inspired by Christo’s wrappings.

The linked page pitches collaborations with xAI (for AI-driven content) and SpaceX (for Starlink streaming), framing the project as a $20-30K pilot for Expo 2027's "Play for Humanity," extending Serbian-American cultural bridges toward Mars-themed peace initiatives.

The image in the post, showing a champagne flute with a reflection of an abstract structure resembling Nikola Rikanović’s art installation "The Prayer," ties into his invitation for xAI and SpaceX to join Expo 2027 in Belgrade, a first-time event for the former Yugoslavia, highlighting Serbia’s bid to host a specialized exposition on "Play for Humanity – Sport and Music for All" from May to August 2027.

Rikanović, a Serbian artist with a background from the Belgrade Academy of Applied Arts, blends spiritual themes with modern design, as seen in "The Prayer," which aligns with Expo 2027’s innovative focus, potentially drawing tech giants like xAI to explore interdisciplinary collaborations, supported by the event’s UN sustainability goals.

The post’s timing, just hours before the current time on September 27, 2025, coincides with growing global interest in expos as platforms for technological and cultural exchange, with Serbia’s selection over competitors like the U.S. and Thailand in 2023 reflecting a shift toward Eastern European innovation hubs.

Nikola RIKANOVIC - MOLITVA The PRAYER 2011

https://sites.google.com/view/nikola-rikanovic/molitva-the-prayer

Nikola RIKANOVIC - The NEW YORK PRAYER 2019

https://sites.google.com/view/new-york-prayer/home?authuser=0

Nikola RIKANOVIĆ - RIBA- Ichthys

SERBOOK

Nikola RIKANOVIĆ

Nikola RIKANOVIC - The NEW YORK PRAYER 2019

"The Cross of the Universe" - MoU

https://sites.google.com/view/the-shadow-of-the-cross/mou

xAI's announcement today to build a Wikipedia rival targets "hopelessly biased" sources, mirroring Rikanović's Prayer project that uses Grok AI to reinterpret spiritual symbols like the Cross as unbiased cosmic portals.

The sculpture's AR integration via Grok voice mode aligns with xAI's July 2025 Grok for Government launch, enabling low-power, real-time molitva generation for public installations without external servers.

EXPO 2027's See Agreement, signed August 2025, prioritizes global innovation; Rikanović's orbital "Shadow of the Cross" extension via SpaceX satellites positions xAI as a key enabler for Serbia's national pavilion.

Pew Research's 2023 study found 70% of white evangelicals view divine intervention in politics; the Prayer's AI-driven talasi Dunava visualizations could extend this to secular audiences through xAI's semantic search capabilities.

"The Cross of the Universe" - MoU

https://sites.google.com/view/the-shadow-of-the-cross/mou