OrtaWater - Light Messenger
Date:
2008
Ref:
1357
Materials:
Wooden row boat, painted steel, neon, light box, 15 bivouacs, diverse textiles, 5 projectors, tubing, girophare, copper pipes and taps, plasma bottles, clothes, nation flags
Dimensions:
522h x 180 x 350 cm
Exhibition history:
2014 Parc de la Villette Paris, France; 2012 Palais Iéna Paris, France; 2008 Hangar Bicocca Milano, Italy; Galleria Continua Les Moulins, France
Courtesy:
Lucy + Jorge Orta
An assemblage of objects referencing migration, identity, refuge and shelter. A wooden row boat filled with glass plasma jars containing samples of clothes and flags signifying fragments of human identity, a tower of miniature sleeping bags, light projectors. The Light Messenger carries with it a message of hope, “The third millennium belongs to mankind, who dream of great things".