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Imagining Aurora

Durham

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Brightblue Studio

9 Cliffords Fort , NORTH SHIELDS , Tyne and Wear , NE30 1JE

Installation: A changing environment in which many elements, seen or unseen, have an effect. These invisible relationships can be perceived between the 233 spheres when a visitor triggers the solenoids and the motions become patterned.  The amount of movement within the field of the spheres is determined partly by the real-time intensity of solar surface activity and partly by numbers of people: When there is sufficient energy, groups of spheres will ‘lock’ into a new orientation.  The whole field can be seen within, and be affected by, each sphere. 233 acrylic spheres; paint; acrylic blades; Neodymium magnets; solenoids; control system; antenna and receiver 12m x 4m x 4m