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Black out / by Simon Starling and Superflex

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Accession Number: 30752

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Binding Type: Hard Back

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vernon_accession 30752
vernon_id 42933
vernon_slug black-out-by-simon-starling-and-superflex
vernon_authors SUPERFLEX (group of artists), Simon Starling
vernon_tags Contemporary Art, Art, Modern -- 21st century, Photography, Black-and-white photography
vernon_production_date 2009
vernon_brief_description Blackout is a companion piece to the exhibition by Simon Starling & Superflex that took place in Kunsthallen Brandts. A workstation was set up in order to produce copies of a lamp designed by Poul Henningsen for Tivoli during the Second World War – the lamp not projecting light either upwards or downwards, but lightly spreading it out, which allowed the amusement park to remain open during the blackout. One copy a day of PH’s original lamp was produced and hung up, slowly illuminating the darkened room; an enlightenment rich in political overtones as well as being in line with Superflex’s exploration of the artistic possibilities of the copy. Likewise, a press was set up so as to print a new photographic documentation of each day’s process. The 172 beautiful black-and-white photographs in the book come up extremely close to the process and manage to convey a sense of motion and sculpture at the same time. -- publisher
vernon_object_type Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication, Exhibition catalogues/Catalogues/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
vernon_locations In Processing
vernon_ob_status Accessioned
vernon_isbn_issn 9788777660849
vernon_subject_people Simon Starling (b.1967), SUPERFLEX (group of artists)
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vernon_last_sync_timestamp 2026-02-19 11:07
vernon_cover_image_id 56720
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