Grönlund-Nisunen Plane, 2013
Magnets, stainless steel weights, stainless steel wire, fixtures
20 elements, approx. 230 x 300 x 400 cm (height variable)
Powerful neodymium magnets are suspended by steel wires from the ceiling of the gallery space. Vertically below each magnet is another one connected to the floor by a similar wire. The opposite poles of the two magnets face each other, with an approximately two-centimeter gap between them. The magnetic pull is greater than gravity.
The magnet pairs, which are all in the same height, create an invisible conceptual plane between them. This motionless, apparently static work contains invisible tensions and forces, demonstrating elemental forces of nature we generally take for granted but that govern every aspect of our existence on the planet.
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