Ora light: interactive eclipse
designed 2008; manufactured 2020
Medium
opaque synthetic polymer resin, aluminium, LEDs, electrical components
Measurements
90.2 × 90.2 × 8.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Contemporary Design and Architecture, 2021
© Ilan El / Photo: Ivan Lee / IJ Productions
Gallery location
Gallery 9
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Ilan El’s Ora light: interactive eclipse is a contemporary luminaire that emits coloured light. The work is linked to the development of psychological inquiry and growing awareness of how environmental factors, such as light, influence human emotion and behaviour. The automated work moves through the visible light spectrum over a three-minute cycle, creating a halo-like effect of coloured ambient light. The psychological and physiological effect of light spectra – and their potential to evoke positive autonomic responses – remains an enduring topic of research and preoccupation for the designer.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
printed in ink on paper label on reverse l.c.: ILANEL / ORA – Interactive eclipse / Bespoke Ø900mm / Mixed media / Zenolite RGB LEDs, Aluminium, Electronic componentry. / This is an original luminaire from ILANEL Design Studio / ie (monogram) / Ilan El September 2020
embossed on metallic label on paper label on reverse l.c.: ORIGINAL DESIGN / ILANEL / HANDMADE IN MELBOURNE
Accession Number
2020.743
Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture