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Rod Structure, 2010

Light installation; LED-backlit aluminium profiles, satin-finished acrylic glass, DMX control, looped colour light sequence, 2:42 min, 250 × 300 cm

Installation view: Galerie der HBKsaar, 2010

The installation consists of slender, two-part aluminium light rods that stand on the floor and lean loosely against the wall. The front and back emit differently programmed colour sequences. Behind satin-finished acrylic glass, the internal LED strips merge into uniform colour stripes; individual points of light are not visible.

The installation forms a perceptual image in which two separate fields of light overlap: the rear light strips cast coloured reflected light onto the wall, while the front light lines project into the room. Between surface and line, a changing relationship of spatial proximity and distance emerges.

The slow colour changes and the occasional “running” transitions between the rods create a temporal structure that modulates vision. The layers of colour shift against each other and form an unstable image that is constantly recomposed in the viewer’s gaze.

The animation consists of around 40 colour-coded individual images and is designed as a Möbius strip: the front and back swap roles over the duration of its animation before the cycle transitions into another endless loop. This allows the wall to be experienced not as a static background, but as an active part of the visual action in the room.