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National career lamp, 2007 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin 2007 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
National career lamp, 2007
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin 2007
Photo: Jens Ziehe
National career lamp, 2007 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin 2007 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
National career lamp, 2007
Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin 2007
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
Sketch for National career lamp, 2007
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A large solar cooker, used as a reflector, is mounted on an aluminium stand. Numerous blades made of prismatic foil are fitted inside the cooker, concealing a set of red light bulbs, while a half-mirrored bulb of white light sits at the work’s centre. When the red lights are off, the foil refracts the white light into the colours of the entire spectral range.

 

Artwork details

Title

National career lamp

Year

2007

Materials

Stainless steel, aluminium, optical lighting film, acrylic, bulbs (white and red)