The Ecstasy of Power, 2008, American white oak, brass, diffraction grating

The Ecstasy of Power, 2008, American white oak, brass, diffraction grating

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The Ecstasy of Power

2008 / Kilruddery House / Enchanted Garden Festival


The Ecstasy of Power plays with the notion of our energy saturated reality as being comparable to a religious ecstasy. The spectrum of light radiating from the transparent panels can be seen as a metaphor for the manifold influences that electric energy has on our lives and the awesome reality that wide spread electrification has enabled.