Structure for Moon Plates and Moon Shards
Artist
Johan Österholm
(Sverige, född 1983)
Date2014-2015
MediumWood, light-sensitive emulsion on glass
Dimensions200 x 200 x 70 cm
ClassificationPhotography, Installations
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2021/293
CollectionsRecent Acquisitions, Svenska förvärv 2021
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkThe starry night sky above major cities is radically different today compared to a century ago. The stars are the same, of course, but light pollution from all the electric lighting means that only the brightest celestial bodies are visible. The nights are getting lighter, by artificial means. Johan Österholm works as a kind of light historian, applying artistic processes to examine moonlight and streetlight. In his sculptural installation Structure for Moon Plates and Moon Shards, he has collected the light of the full moon. Österholm coated the glass panes of an abandoned greenhouse with a photosensitive emulsion and then for a year found dark places where he could expose the glass to moonlight.
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