Ain't
no sunshine, 2004 / 2005
Public
art competition, realization with QUIVID (public art program, City of Munich)
solar
controlled light installation in the entrance hall of the Kindergarden
Riegerhofweg, München-Laim
LEDs,
acrylic glass, solar cell, controller system |
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Aint no sunshine is developed for a public art commission in
a kindergarden in Munich and tries to integrate the children
as well as the pedagogic program in a participatory process.
An abstract drawing is developed through drawing and playing
with a big neighborhood map, neighborhood walks and told stories
in which the children describe their daily way from their homes
to the kindergarten. The abstract line net as a cartography
of their daily walks is used as a draft for a light installation
on the ceiling of the new kindergardens entrance hall. It consists
out of yellow light rails that form an individual map of the
neighborhood with the kindergarden building in the center. The
light is animated in relationship to the photovoltaik solar
system on the roof of the building. In eight phases the light
in the line web is growing or shrinking depending on the solar
energy that is gained. When the system reaches 100 percent the
light drawing starts blinking. Thus it functions as an extended
display of the solar system and the daily walk way of the children
becomes a metaphor for gaining and using energy. |
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