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installation

Object NameInstallation

Artist Rui Sasaki (Japanese, b. 1984)

Made FromGlass, Phosphorescent Crystal Mixture, Broad-Spectrum UV lights, Motion Detector, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)

Date2018

Place MadeJapan, Ishikawa, Kanazawa (glass); Norway (motion sensor, timer, plug)

TechniqueBlown

SizeOverall W: about 400 cm, D: about 425 cm; One Glass Component H: about 106 cm, Diam (max): about 9.8 cm

Accession Number2018.6.2

Credit Line33rd Rakow Commission, purchased with funds from the Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

New Glass Now

Not On View

Physical DescriptionInstallation, "Liquid Sunshine / I am a Pluviophile". Colorless glass, phosphorescent crystal mixture, lights, motion detector, PLC (programmable logic controller). Installation fills a small, black-painted room with glass black floor. 223 blown glass drops of varying lengths hang from the ceiling. Each drop is studded with blue phosphorescent frit, representing raindrops imbued with sunshine. The piece is lit by bright lights, controlled by a motion detector. When the room is unoccupied, the lights turn on, charging the phosphorescent glass. The lights switch off when a visitor enters the room, triggering a motion sensor, leaving just the glowing outlines of the glass forms like phosphorescent jelly fish in the darkened ocean. As the viewer watches, the glowing glass begins to fade almost imperceptibly at first, until after several minutes, the piece becomes nearly dark.
Provenance

Source Rui Sasaki (Japanese, b. 1984) - 2018-2018-12-19