Olafur Eliasson
dal 27/7/2012 al 22/9/2012
Segnalato da
27/7/2012
Olafur Eliasson
Tate Modern, London
Tate Modern blacks out for his little sun - a work of art that works in life. For two hours, lights will go off in the former power station. Little Sun events in September will include a seminar and the premiere of 16 short films on light, life, and Little Sun by filmmakers from off-grid areas around the world.
Over the past two years, Olafur Eliasson, the Danish-Icelandic artist who created The weather project at Tate Modern in 2003, has been developing Little Sun, a global work of art that brings solar-powered light to off-grid areas of the world. This summer Eliasson is presenting Little Sun at Tate Modern as part of the London 2012 Festival, which runs across the UK until 23 September 2012.
Beginning 28 July, there will be Tate Blackouts on Saturday nights, after ordinary museum hours. For two hours, lights will go off in the former power station. Visitors can look at the works of art in the suite of galleries devoted to Tate Modern’s Surrealist collection using only the light of Little Sun, a solar-powered lamp by Olafur Eliasson and the engineer Frederik Ottesen. This echoes the 1938 International Surrealist Exhibition at the Galérie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where Man Ray (as ‘Master of Light’) supplied the visitors with torches to explore the labyrinthine galleries. These events will be ticketed.
Little Sun responds on a global scale to the energy challenge of today. Around 1.6 billion people worldwide live without access to mains electricity. Many of them rely on kerosene lanterns for lighting, which is both expensive and a health hazard. Little Sun is an affordable lamp that produces 5 hours of light when it is charged in the sun for 5 hours. It facilitates the creation of small businesses to sell the lamp and, by concentrating profits at the point of need, it aims to promote economic growth in regions of the world where electricity is not available, reliable, affordable, or sustainable. Little Sun is light for studying, sharing, cooking, and earning. It is light for life.
Little Sun events in September will include a seminar and the premiere of 16 short films on light, life, and Little Sun by filmmakers from off-grid areas around the world.
For further press information please contact
Helen Beeckmans, Head of Communications, Tate Call 020 7887 8730 Email helen.beeckmans@tate.org.uk
Jeanette Ward, Senior Press Officer, Tate Call 020 7887 4942 Email jeanette.ward@tate.org.uk
Tate Modern
Bankside London SE1 9TG
Mon - Thu, Sun 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Fri, Sat 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
£16.50 The event itself is free, but a Little Sun lamp needs to be purchased or owned and brought to take part. Purchase now, or buy in Tate Modern.