Collection of Light

Concepts

Collecting the uncollectible

Collection of Light is a collection of LEDs which together constitute an artwork that retains the functionality of it’s lighting components. Creating the aura of an authentic collection (similar to a collection of insects), the presentation simultaneously exposes each illuminant as a mass-produced industrial product. The LEDs are all labeled (with name, size and colour temperature) and arranged in a specific order to accomplish harmonic light.

Collection of Light 120
Four Versions

Humans since 1982 released four mini editions with different amounts of LEDs: 400, 300, 120 and 70 LEDs were placed in frames.

For the 70 and 120 version of Collection of Light, original 70 year-old insect collection drawers from the Museum of Natural History in Stockholm (Naturhistoriska Museet) were refurbished and repurposed to house these new light collections.

All editions are sold out.

Title

Collection of Light 400
Collection of Light 300
Collection of Light 120
Collection of Light 70

Year

2011

Dimension

COL400: 1500 x 1500 x 100 mm
COL300: 1000 x 500 x 70 mm
COL120: 400 x 380 x 60 mm
COL70: 380 x 270 x 60 mm

Material

Wood, glass, Leds, electronic components

Collection of Light 120
All four versions of 'Collection of Light' at Design/Miami in Basel, 2012

Rocking Church

Rocking Church is a large kinetic sculpture, of which the focal point is a 3 meter high replica of the Gothic church Ulm Minster.

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Waterfalls (Tiered)

Collection of Motion: Waterfalls (Tiered) comprises twenty unique, digitally simulated loops of waterfalls based on real-world falls.

 

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Rockets

Collection of Motion: Rockets (Hyper Hope), presents found footage of rocket launches atop an alterlike sculpture, accompanied by the looped audio of cheering crowds.

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Collection of Drones

Collection of Drones is a series of works that acquires and presents drones as found objects, creating a collection that mimics the care and curiosity with which an entomologist approaches insects.

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Light on Ground

Light on Ground is a light sculpture including over 80 LEDs of different types. Released as a complimentary pair of limited edition works it was launched in Basel (Design Miami/Basel 2012) and New York (Phillips de Pury & Company)

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Light Line

Light Line remarkably continues Humans since 1982’s explorations of light and led illuminants in all their diversity.

 

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Light Culture

Exhibiting each individual bulb as a specimen, an industrial product, Light Culture also explores the aura of groups of led illuminants as a resemblance to petri dish grown cell cultures.

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Waterfalls (Cascade)

Collection of Motion: Waterfalls (Cascade) comprises up to twenty unique, digitally simulated loops of waterfalls based on real-world falls.

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Collection of Light

Collection of Light is a collection of LEDs which together constitute an artwork that retains the functionality of it’s lighting components.

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The Clock Clock Project

The project subverts clocks to represent them as art objects, unleashed from a solely pragmatic existence. The hands of multiple analogue clocks are programmed to spin individually and in formation to perform an abstract choreography. Once every minute, the clock hands align to accurately display the time.
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Surveillance Light Project

Humans since 1982 very first project is a satirical piece that discusses surveillance in society. With an Orwellian ‘1984’ feel to it, the artwork blends the typical appearance of a surveillance camera with that of a light, creating an ambiguous reflection on the artists' thoughts about the political future.

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