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  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, 2004 - Photo: Carl Henrik Tillbergs
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, 2004 - Photo: Carl Henrik Tillbergs
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Emi Fontana West of Rome, Jamie Residence, Los Angeles, 2005 – 2004 - Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2005 – 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2005 – 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2005 – 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Mönchehaus Museum für Moderne Kunst, Goslar, Germany, 2013 – 2004 - Photo: Heike Göttert
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Emi Fontana West of Rome, Jamie Residence, Pasadena, 2005 - Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Emi Fontana West of Rome, Jamie Residence, Pasadena, 2005 - Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Emi Fontana West of Rome, Jamie Residence, Pasadena, 2005 - Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, 2004 - Photo: Carl Henrik Tillbergs
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, 2004 - Photo: Carl Henrik Tillbergs
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 - Photo: Mathias Johanson
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 - Photo: Mathias Johanson
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 - Photo: Mathias Johanson
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 2017 - Photo: Sébastien Roy
  • Your space embracer, 2004 - Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 2017 - Photo: Guy L'Heureux
Your space embracer, 2004 - Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, 2004 - Photo: Carl Henrik Tillbergs
Your space embracer, 2004 - Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, 2004 - Photo: Carl Henrik Tillbergs
Your space embracer, 2004 - Emi Fontana West of Rome, Jamie Residence, Los Angeles, 2005 – 2004 - Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Your space embracer, 2004 - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2005 – 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Your space embracer, 2004 - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2005 – 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Your space embracer, 2004 - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2005 – 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Your space embracer, 2004 - Mönchehaus Museum für Moderne Kunst, Goslar, Germany, 2013 – 2004 - Photo: Heike Göttert
Your space embracer, 2004 - Emi Fontana West of Rome, Jamie Residence, Pasadena, 2005 - Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Your space embracer, 2004 - Emi Fontana West of Rome, Jamie Residence, Pasadena, 2005 - Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Your space embracer, 2004 - Emi Fontana West of Rome, Jamie Residence, Pasadena, 2005 - Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Your space embracer, 2004 - Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, 2004 - Photo: Carl Henrik Tillbergs
Your space embracer, 2004 - Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, 2004 - Photo: Carl Henrik Tillbergs
Your space embracer, 2004 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 - Photo: Mathias Johanson
Your space embracer, 2004 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 - Photo: Mathias Johanson
Your space embracer, 2004 - Jarla Partilager, Stockholm, 2008 - Photo: Mathias Johanson
Your space embracer, 2004 - Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 2017 - Photo: Sébastien Roy
Your space embracer, 2004 - Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 2017 - Photo: Guy L'Heureux
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Your space embracer, 2004

and yet it moves

circle

darkness

light

light bending

projection

space embracer

space scanner

  • and yet it moves
  • circle
  • darkness
  • light
  • light bending
  • projection
  • space embracer
  • space scanner

A ring of mirrored glass rotates slowly, suspended centrally from the ceiling of a darkened gallery space. Placed on a tripod, a focused spotlight projects light onto the ring so that only the area of the ring is illuminated. The beam of light creates a shadow behind the rotating disc, as well as an arc of reflected white light that slowly scans the room.

Artwork details

Title

Your space embracer

Year

2004

Materials

Glass mirror cylinder, wire, motor, HMI lamp, diaphragm, tripod
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