»fünfnullplus« 
Light Box
Light Box
© Ruth Schnell; [ fivezeroplus, 2004 ]
Series “Lichtbilder”
Light object
69 x 69cm
Light stick with 32 white LEDs, MDF board, epoxy resin, memory board (approximately 100 words), transformer
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Light stick with 32 white LEDs, MDF board, memory board, transformerInstallation Requirements / Space
69 x 69 cm (tableau)Material
Light stick with 32 white LEDs, MDF board, epoxy resin, memory board (approximately 100 words), transformer
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Ruth Schnell 25-09-2021
[English title, fivezeroplus]
Light object
Series 'Lichtbilder'
The work 'fünfnullplus' from the series 'Lichtbilder' seems at first sight to be a monochrome painting. In the glossy, translucent body of the image, a vertical bar of white LEDs is inserted; it generates words that seem to hover in the surrounding space for fractions of a second.
The approximately 100 terms chosen for the work – "achievement", "unpaid", "family", "care", "security", "deficits", to name just a few – outline the deregulation of economy and society, and in particular the situation of women over the age of 50 on the labour market.
Visual perception thus becomes a metaphor for the non-visibility of the statistic data and investigations that the selection of the terms is based on.
Ruth Schnell: fünfnullplus, 25-09-2021, in: Archive of Digital Art [English title, fivezeroplus]
Light object
Series 'Lichtbilder'
The work 'fünfnullplus' from the series 'Lichtbilder' seems at first sight to be a monochrome painting. In the glossy, translucent body of the image, a vertical bar of white LEDs is inserted; it generates words that seem to hover in the surrounding space for fractions of a second.
The approximately 100 terms chosen for the work – "achievement", "unpaid", "family", "care", "security", "deficits", to name just a few – outline the deregulation of economy and society, and in particular the situation of women over the age of 50 on the labour market.
Visual perception thus becomes a metaphor for the non-visibility of the statistic data and investigations that the selection of the terms is based on.
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