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  • Lichtwelle, 2001 - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 - Photo: Franz Wamhof
  • Lichtwelle, 2001 - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
  • Bright Shadows: A conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Ina Blom
  • Lichtwelle, 2001, Installation view Kinetismus – 100 Years of Electricity in Art, 2022 - Kunsthalle Praha – 2022 - Photo: Vojtěch Veškrna
  • Lichtwelle, 2001, Installation view Kinetismus – 100 Years of Electricity in Art, 2022 - Kunsthalle Praha – 2022 - Photo: Vojtěch Veškrna
Lichtwelle, 2001 - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 - Photo: Franz Wamhof
Lichtwelle, 2001 - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Bright Shadows: A conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Ina Blom
Lichtwelle, 2001, Installation view Kinetismus – 100 Years of Electricity in Art, 2022 - Kunsthalle Praha – 2022 - Photo: Vojtěch Veškrna
Lichtwelle, 2001, Installation view Kinetismus – 100 Years of Electricity in Art, 2022 - Kunsthalle Praha – 2022 - Photo: Vojtěch Veškrna
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Lichtwelle, 2001

flow

light

light intensity

looking up, looking down

luminous

natural phenomenon

waves

  • flow
  • light
  • light intensity
  • looking up, looking down
  • luminous
  • natural phenomenon
  • waves

Fluorescent neon lamps are lined up at regular intervals along the ceiling of a room/corridor. They are turned on, one after another, at a slow pace, creating the impression of a "wave" of lights.

Artwork details

Title

Lichtwelle

Year

2001

Materials

Fluorescent lights, aluminium, control unit
Related
Artist's books
  • Your Engagement Has Consequences; On the Relativity of Your Reality, 2006
Exhibition catalogues
  • Your Lighthouse: Works with Light 1991–2004, 2004
  • Chaque matin je me sens différent, chaque soir je me sens le même, 2002
Solo shows
  • Your lighthouse: Works with light 1991 - 2004, 2004
  • Surroundings surrounded, 2001
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