AXIS ON FIRE
The pillar of light is one’s own axis outside of oneself.
The formation of light and energy in the work is the vibrant core in one’s own world.
It’s what one holds and sees as light.
2023, kinetic fire sculpture, hologram, tripling projection, room-sized immersive installation
Device 1 100 x 50 x 30 cm
Device 2 187 x 110 x 30 cm
biofuel, recycled turntable, fire-retardant mica, swivel, copper, steel
When the kinetic sculpture is spinning, the surrounding air containing oxygen is caught in its metal mesh, and together with the spiral wing seizing the air, they fuel the rise of a pillar of fire inside the sculpture. The hologram is made from undistorted recordings of the kinetic device in darkness, where the fast spinning of the metal mesh causes it to become transparent, revealing the pillar of fire within.
Axis on fire is related with the house on fire in Tarkovsky's films, the Diogenes torch and the pillar of fire in Exodus.
The kinetic fire sculpture is constructed according to a meticulous Health&Safety consideration, has many in-built precautions and is accompanied by a Risk assessment document. link: Risk Assessment
The device 2 is designed slightly taller than a person, to create one's own light larger than oneself.
The device 2 is designed as an adjustable structure on threaded rods and bolts: the spiral mesh wing can be folded tighter or opened up. The way the air’s coming in changes the fire behaviour, creating different character of light and energy.
