Light art

Spring – 2018

  • Media: Wall Sculpture/Installation
  • Dimension: H: 190; W: 160; D: 17 cm
  • Technique: Fiber content/handmade paper
  • Material: Hand-made iron-thread skeleton parts covered with handmade paper, polished oil crayon, organic glue, blue LEDs, led driver, 2.50m cord with plug

 

Spring – 2018

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Four Seasons – 2018

  • Media: Wall Sculpture/Installation
  • Dimension: H: 190 cm x W: 160 x D: 17 cm
  • Technique: Fiber content/handmade paper
  • Material: Hand-made iron-thread skeleton parts covered with handmade paper, polished oil crayon, organic glue, warm white- & blue LEDs, led driver, 2.50m cord with plug

The Wait – 2017

  • Media: Wall Hung Sculpture/Installation
  • Dimension: H: 102; W: 85; D: 30 cm
  • Material: Stitched Recycled Handmade Paper, 6W White LED’s, Polished Oil Crayon
  • Technique: Textile/Mixed Media

Flying Stones – 2014

  • Media: Installation
  • Dimension: W: 350; D: 350; H: 450 cm. (can be varied according to space)
  • Technique: Textile
  • Material: Sail cloth, electrical installation – such as cords, socket etc.

O – 2012

  • Media: Light art
  • Dimension: W: 220: H: 105: D: 10 cm
  • Material: Aluminum, crumbled steal mesh, round glass neon tubes
  • Technique: Aluminum sheets mounted in a textile linnen techique, Japanese chrumbling technique

Burning Ice – 2012

  • Media: Sculpture/installation
  • Dimension: Ø: 120; H: 60 cm
  • Material: Crumbled Japanese Paper, LEDs
  • Technique: Textile/crumbling technique

 

 

Cloud – 2006

  • Media: Sculpture/installation
  • Dimension: W: 250; L: 250; H: 3,50 cm
  • Material: Sailcloth, electrical installation, handmade paper
  • Technique: Textile

 

Morels – 2004

  • Media: Sculpture/installation
  • Dimension: W: 150; L: 280; H: 145 cm
  • Material: Handmade paper, lead, electrical elements
  • Technique: Textile/mixed media

Angels Cinema – 2002

  • Media: Sculpture/installation
  • Dimension: L: 400; W: 400; H: 220 cm
  • Material: Sand, movie strips, copper plate, brass wire, drawing folio, electrical equiptment
  • Technique: Textile/mixed medie

Light art

As technology evolved and the computer screen suddenly ran into the artist’s workshops, Birgit Østergaard began to incorporate light as part of her artistic expression. It may seem like a natural step, when she at that time had already worked with lighting designs and thus had a thorough knowledge of what light could do and the requirements made for electrical installations.

Adding light to an artistic expression changes the experience of both shape and dimension. Birgit Østergaard uses different forms of technical lighting solutions such as fiber-optics, RGB controlled LEDs, neon and regular electric bulbs in her installations, sculptures and two-dimensional works of art.

In these pieces interaction between object and shadow adds complexity and depth to the meaning of the work.

The Danish artist and lighting designer experiments with the use of artificial light in her pieces. Art, with light – whether it is colored or white – has more expressions due to the rhythm of daylight. In addition, the artificial light highlights the conceptual traces. In art, dealing with time, an impression will be transient & suddenly the specific moment becomes more important than the preservation of the work.