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LIGHT FIELD
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2002
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2002
This site specific work was undertaken in response to the strong prevailing November winds over Marks Park Bondi. Referencing “Lightning Field”, a site specific work by the American sculptor Walter de Maria, “Light Field” explores notions of topography, human scale within the landscape and wind.
Nocturnally, the field becomes a shifting blanket of flashing lights, suspended above the ground, increasing in intensity and regularity with the strength of the wind.
A square grid has been laid upon the the landscape with light heads located at a notional adult eye height. Light Field falls with the slope rather than seeking the level datum utilised by “Lightning Field”. The diurnal manifestation is a subtle swaying field of light tipped bamboo poles with the kinetic play of the wind turbine.
