Philippe Parreno
Flickering Lights (Marianne Brandt), 2018
Stereolithography print with translucent resin
54.8 x 40cm
Edition of 50 plus 3 artist's proofs
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Flickering Lights (Marianne Brandt) consists of a 3D print copy of the Gropius Bau's Lamp created by German designer Marianne Brandt (1893-1983) in 1926. The work is a new iteration...
Flickering Lights (Marianne Brandt) consists of a 3D print copy of the Gropius Bau's Lamp created by German designer Marianne Brandt (1893-1983) in 1926. The work is a new iteration of Philippe Parreno's iconic light installation, Flickering Lights, and was created on the occasion of the artist's first major solo exhibition in Germany at Gropius Bau, Berlin.
The Bauhaus-design of the lamp has been meticulously reproduced by stereolithography (also know as SLA or resin printing): a form of 3D printing technology used for creating models, prototypes, patterns and production of parts in a layer by layer fashion using photopolymerization, a process by which light causes chains of molecules to link, forming polymers that make up the body of a three-dimensional object.
The glass globe and metallic structure of the original lamp have been copied and printed in two parts, using translucent resin. The halogen light bulb placed inside the work flickers alternatively, according to a lighting programme designed by the artist and controlled by DMX recorder connected to the lamp. At Gropius Bau, the lamp was programmed to flicker to correspond to a time code based on Maurice Ravel's La Valse, played by two Disklavier pianos installed in the exhibition space.
The Bauhaus-design of the lamp has been meticulously reproduced by stereolithography (also know as SLA or resin printing): a form of 3D printing technology used for creating models, prototypes, patterns and production of parts in a layer by layer fashion using photopolymerization, a process by which light causes chains of molecules to link, forming polymers that make up the body of a three-dimensional object.
The glass globe and metallic structure of the original lamp have been copied and printed in two parts, using translucent resin. The halogen light bulb placed inside the work flickers alternatively, according to a lighting programme designed by the artist and controlled by DMX recorder connected to the lamp. At Gropius Bau, the lamp was programmed to flicker to correspond to a time code based on Maurice Ravel's La Valse, played by two Disklavier pianos installed in the exhibition space.
Exhibitions
Philippe Parreno, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, 25 May - 5 August 2018Literature
Flickering Lights (Marianne Brandt) consists of a 3D print copy of the Gropius Bau's Lamp created by German designer Marianne Brandt (1893-1983) in 1926. The work is a new iteration of Philippe Parreno's iconic light installation, Flickering Lights, and was created on the occasion of the artist's first major solo exhibition in Germany at Gropius Bau, Berlin.The Bauhaus-design of the lamp has been meticulously reproduced by stereolithography (also know as SLA or resin printing): a form of 3D printing technology used for creating models, prototypes, patterns and production of parts in a layer by layer fashion using photopolymerization, a process by which light causes chains of molecules to link, forming polymers that make up the body of a three-dimensional object.
The glass globe and metallic structure of the original lamp have been copied and printed in two parts, using translucent resin. The halogen light bulb placed inside the work flickers alternatively, according to a lighting programme designed by the artist and controlled by DMX recorder connected to the lamp. At Gropius Bau, the lamp was programmed to flicker to correspond to a time code based on Maurice Ravel's La Valse, played by two Disklavier pianos installed in the exhibition space.