Landing on Planet B

Landing on Planet B, with Paul Pritz, in Schlossbergstollen, Graz, group exhibition Solaris, 2020-21, site specific kinetic light installation, Foto: Karin Lernbeiß

exhibition in public space, site-specific kinetic light installation

Lena Gätjens & Paul Pritz, Schlossbergstollen, Graz (AT), Solaris group show
kinetic, site-specific installation that reenacts the moment of discovery.

The cone of light travels through the space following a choreography that stages the careful scanning of an unknown place. The grazing light magnifies the details of the topography, projects them onto the surfaces of the room like a shadow play and frames fragments of the space. The idea of an understandable overall space fades into the background.

total dimensions ca. 5m (w) x 5m (h) x 1.5m (d), spotlight, aluminium, stainless steel, motors, rubberbelt, wheels, camera, diverse programmed (arduino) boards, stones

Landing on Planet B, with Paul Pritz, in Schlossbergstollen, Graz, site specific kinetic light installation, Foto: Karin Lernbeiß.
The tilt- and turnable spotlight follows a programmed choreography along a rail

Landing on Planet B, with Paul Pritz, in Schlossbergstollen, Graz, site specific kinetic light installation, Foto: Karin Lernbeiß

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