This work is a large sculptural object resembling a lighthouse that is laid on its side on the floor of a darkened gallery space. The only light in the room in which the object is displayed is emitted from a lantern that forms one end of the sculpture. The main body of the lighthouse consists of a long, white, hollow cylinder with a row of four rectangular openings running down one of its sides at evenly spaced intervals. These holes resemble windows with the glass missing, and they appear black due to the fact that the interior of the cylindrical form contains no source of light. At one end of the structure is attached a circular wooden platform with a metal balustrade around its edge, and in the centre of this platform is a cylindrical enclosure made from glass and a grid of metal bars, topped by an octagonal dome. This forms the lighthouse’s lantern, and the bulb that illuminates the room is held inside it. Due to the fact that the work is shown in a darkened room, the light from its lamp is always clearly visible, and its short distance from the ground means that strong grid-shaped shadows of the balustrade and the metal bars are cast onto the gallery floor. Although the structure is hollow, it cannot be entered by viewers because the ‘windows’ are too small and there is no door, and the compartment containing the lamp is also too small for viewers to enter.
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