Rainbow Church

Rainbow church is aptly named and refers to an eight-meter-high installation that creates a rainbow as light is refracted within its space. The installation is a wall of crystal prism that throws off rainbows to anyone within the installation space. The 500 crystal prisms that make up the installation allow light passing through them to be refracted, creating rainbow hues in the areas around the installation and the adjacent walls resulting in an effect seen with stained glass only in this case there is no stained glass. One can interpret Rainbow Church in a number of ways. One interpretation draws upon the relationship between man and nature and hence creates a scene where form is given to it as his creation such as in the case of light into rainbows.

https://publicdelivery.org/tokujin-yoshioka-rainbow-church/ (19.1.2019)

Title of Artwork	Rainbow Church
Year of Origin	2010-2013
Artist	Tokujin Yoshioka

Dimensions	approximately 8 m high
Material/Technique	500 crystal prisms, light
Collaboration/Shared Production/Research	n/a
Owner	Tokujin Yoshioka

Medium/Type of Artwork	Object / plastic / sculpture Installation Stage Design Architecture Site-/ Space-specific Temporary / ephemeral
Light Source	LED
Light-Optical Factors	Refraction Reflection Glass / Acryl / translucent materials Space Color
Perception	Blinding Excessive visual demands

Concept/Themes	Design Body
Special features artwork	White

History of a work
2013 - 2014	Exhibitions					Tokyo, Japan	TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA_Crystallize - Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo	Link

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