Kirsti Taiviola: Flying Bird With Seven Lenses
A work made with a unique technique: a stop-motion animation with hand blown glass lenses.
Flying Bird with Seven Lenses is a reflection on invisible substances. With our eyes, we can detect the existence of air by observing the movement around us; shaking leaves or dust flying in the wind. By looking at a flying bird we can understand that the air carries it, but the air itself remains invisible.
A lens device playing with the optics of hand-blown glass creates a stop-motion animation of a flying bird as a projection of light. The work is a bow to analogue technology and lens making.
Master of Arts, University of Art and Design Helsinki, b. 1976, lives in Helsinki, Finland
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Artwork finished in:
2023
Which kind of light sources and what other materials and equipment are used? Lens device with 7 3W leds, controller unit, hanging cables.
Please provide the dimensions of the work. Approximate size will do. Please mention if the work can be adjusted. (width-height-depth): Lens device: 500 mm x 500 mm x 250 mm / device with projection circa 2,5 m x 2,5 m x 2 m (adjustable).
Please provide the dimensions of the work for mailing / sending. Approximate size will do: 600 mm x 600 mm x 400 mm
Electricity consumption: Standard mains current (10A/16A).
Does the artwork use sound? No sound.
Support and other structures: The work needs support structures, hanging points, or similar.
Please state which structures, hardware or other equipment is needed from the client: Hanging points from above.
Minimum height of the space: 3 m
Minimum square meters of the space: 6 m
Requirements for the space: darkness, temperature, colouring (light / dark / specific colour / other) etc.: Dim to dark.
Building time and people required (estimate): 1 person, 3 hours.
Artist's presence: Artist or their representative must be present during building.
Seen before at: Connections 2024, Berlin, 2024
