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Carsten Höller
Y, 2003

Installation view: Passages. Travels in Hyperspace. Works from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, 2010
Photo: Reto Guntli

Collection

Carsten Höller

960 light bulbs, steel, aluminum, mirrors, wood, cable, electronic circuitry and light boxes
260 x 687 x 740 cm

A passageway with one entrance and two exits in the shape of a Y, contoured by rings fitted with light bulbs on their interior and a passageway with a handrail. The illumination of the bulbs is set in such a way that the light moves in a trail clockwise around the rings. The position of the light halos is slightly offset from ring to ring, creating the illusion of a rotating spiral. Similar to the walk-through spinning drums found at carnivals, Y creates the effect of a spin in the direction of the rotation. This may cause passers-through to prefer using one leg of Y as an exit, but they have the choice to go against the bias of the piece itself and use the other exit.

*1961 in Brussels, Belgium I Living and working in Stockholm, Sweden

RELATED PROGRAM

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Half Clock, 2014

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Carsten Höller – Fara Fara at La Biennale di Venezia

Carsten Höller & Måns Månsson
Fara Fara, 2014

Carsten Höller – LEBEN July 11, 2014–January 4, 2015 | TBA21–Augarten, Vienna

Artists

Carsten Höller

Carsten Höller Y, 2003

Carsten Höller
Y, 2003