Random Rolling Cylinder, 2013
Carsten Höller
Random Rolling Cylinder, 2013
Aluminum, steel, rubber, electric motor, paint and fluorescent lights
7.5 x 4.6 x 3.6 m approximately
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Overview
Random Rolling Cylinder is an installation consisting of a cylindrical corridor with a walkway that leads through its central axis. Visitors enter the work via stairs and walk through it to the other side. While the walkway is stable, the cylinder around it slowly rotates, controlled by an electric motor.
On the inside walls of the cylinder, a random pattern of white dots is painted on a black background. The rotating movement of the corridor evokes a physical reaction in visitors, so that they feel a loss of balance and tilt their bodies, even though they are actually walking on steady ground.
2013
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 11
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
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Random Rolling Cylinder
Carsten Höller
2013
Aluminum, steel, rubber, electric motor, paint and fluorescent lights
7.5 x 4.6 x 3.6 m approximately
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Random Rolling Cylinder
Carsten Höller
2013
Aluminum, steel, rubber, electric motor, paint and fluorescent lights
7.5 x 4.6 x 3.6 m approximately
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Random Rolling Cylinder
Carsten Höller
2013
Aluminum, steel, rubber, electric motor, paint and fluorescent lights, approx
7.5 x 4.6 x 3.6 m approximately
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Random Rolling Cylinder
Carsten Höller
2013
Aluminum, steel, rubber, electric motor, paint and fluorescent lights
7.5 x 4.6 x 3.6 m approximately
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Random Rolling Cylinder
Carsten Höller
2013
Aluminum, steel, rubber, electric motor, paint and fluorescent lights
7.5 x 4.6 x 3.6 m approximately
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
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Höller, Carsten
Doubt and uncertainty are recurring themes in Carsten Höller’s art, which often takes the form of laboratory situations, participatory sculptures and 'influential' environments to produce unique experiences that can only be attained through personal exposure.