Landing on Planet B, with Paul Pritz, installation view, Schlossbergstollen, Graz, photo: Karin Lernbeiß
exhibition in public space, site-specific kinetic light installation
Lena Gätjens & Paul Pritz, Schlossbergstollen, Graz (AT), for Solaris group exhibition
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
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Landing on Planet B, with Paul Pritz, installation view, Schlossbergstollen, Graz (AT)
site specific kinetic light installation, photo: Karin Lernbeiß
The tilt- and turnable spotlight follows a programmed choreography along a rail that is fixed in the mountain tunnel
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Landing on Planet B, with Paul Pritz, installation view, Schlossbergstollen, Graz (AT)
site specific kinetic light installation, photo: Karin Lernbeiß