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Bars of Light Pierce a Dilapidated Sydney-Area Home in Ian Strange』s Illuminated Intervention

December 3, 2021

Grace Ebert

All images © Ian Strange, shared with permission

Tagged with graffiti and marred by a chipped facade, a stately Victorian home in a Sydney suburb is the site of a brilliant site-specific installation by artist Ian Strange. 「Light Intersections II」 uses angled beams of light to impale the derelict structure and permeate outer walls, windows, and the ornate, metallic railing on the second-floor balcony. Illuminating the battered building, Strange』s monumental public work is one of his many projects that explores ideas of home through architectural interventions.

The artist, who lives between Melbourne and Brooklyn, relies on the concepts of drawing to inform much of his practice, with a particular focus on how single marks alter perspectives and affect understandings of the material world. He explains:

The lines of light in 『Intersections』 are an attempt to place abstracted perspective lines back into the environment. These drawn perspective lines don』t appear in nature, but are staples in both painting, drawing, and architecture, used as a way of containing, representing, and changing the natural environment.

Commissioned by the City of Sydney, 「Light Intersections II」 follows the artist』s 2019 project that installed a similar concept throughout the galleries and around the perimeter of Melbourne』s Lyon Housemuseum. Watch the video below for a tour of the radiant home, and explore more of Strange』s work on Instagram. (via Street Art News)

 



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#installation
#light
#public art
#site-specific
#street art

 

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