Alona Rodeh
Commissioned by CURRENT – Art and Urban Space, Stuttgart
09.09.2021—19.09.2021
In Nightcaps, Rodeh questions the role that artificial lighting plays in disrupting human and animal circadian rhythms, insomnia, fear of darkness–and the regulations ensuring its disappearance.
The luminaries installed in Wartbergpark, Stuttgart, are unshielded spherical light fixtures, ones common in many parks and small streets in cities around the globe; they provide soft, romantic light. But what these lamps also do, is add to the sky-glow: a form of light pollution. For the festival, Rodeh designed three sculptural prototypes of “caps” that block light from going upwards without decreasing the amount of light laid out for pedestrians. Walking through the park, one can spot their colorful, playful presence when looking up.
Materials: Recycled PET 3d-Prints, industrial paint
Dimensions variable
Modeling: Nevo Bar
Documentation: Frank Kleinbach
