Isabella Chydenius: Club lights are like traffic lights for lost dancers
A light sculpture part of the artists body of work on safer club culture.
The artwork portrays two elements of the artists research into safer space club culture; the rigid square shape of heteropatriarchal norms which aim to control behaviour and growing acceptance of non-heteropatriarchal norms, meanwhile the light inside this square sculpture may be read as a metaphor of the joy and empowerment that takes place in safer space clubs.
By existing - both the physical medium of light and the metaphorical medium of light as empowerment – the light escapes the rigid square and therefore challenges its confines constructs.
Information
Artwork finished in:
2022
Which kind of light sources and what other materials and equipment are used?
LED lights and normal plug point.
Please provide the dimensions of the work. Approximate size will do. Please mention if the work can be adjusted. (width-height-depth):
60 x 60 x 15 cm
Please provide the dimensions of the work for mailing / sending. Approximate size will do:
80 x 80x 30 cm
Electricity consumption:
Standard mains current (10A/16A).
Does the artwork use sound?
No sound.
Support and other structures:
The work needs support structures, hanging points, or similar.
Please state which structures, hardware or other equipment is needed from the client:
2 screws in the wall and plug point.
Minimum height of the space:
200 cm
Minimum square meters of the space:
4 m2
Requirements for the space: darkness, temperature, colouring (light / dark / specific colour / other) etc.:
No requirments but the piece works better in darker spaces.
Building time and people required (estimate):
1 hour, 1-2 people needed for hanging.
Artist's presence:
Guidance can be provided for building.
Seen before at:
The potential of club corners, Finland Institute in Berlin, Berlin 2023
