Nov 1, 2014
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David Claerbout. Oil workers "trapped" by a flooding in Nigeria
Infinite White
American artist Doug Wheeler has created the illusion of an infinite white space inside the atrium of the 18th Century Palazzo Grazzi in Venice.
Installed for The Illusion of Light exhibition, the installation – titled D-N SF 12 PG VI – is flanked by two rows of original stone columns and when viewed from the entrance, it appears borderless and without end. Visitors that enter the space seem suspended in a glowing white light.
The effect is created using a reinforced fibreglass shell, which is coated in titanium dioxide paint and illuminated with LEDs. The shell curves up gently from the floor to form two walls and a ceiling. Lighting is used to remove the shadows that would usually indicate where the surfaces change direction.
A statement from the gallery says: “Light becomes matter and redefines the space and time by eliminating the perceptual markers of the visitor, who is left between a mirage and reality.”
The Illusion of Light exhibitions runs until December 31.
