Space Meter er et instrument der opmåler og udspænder mellemrummet mellem to punkter i udstillingslokalet. Nøglen i dette projekt ligger i mellemrummet. Både det umiddelbare mellemrum mellem de to udstillingsvægge. Og et mere subtilt mellemrum som opstår i et magnetisk kraftfelt: En line udspændes ved magneters kraft, men holdes samtidig tilbage af linens længde, så magnet og væg akkurat ikke rører ved hinanden. Linen munder ud i en tragt, som er drejet i træ. Tragten “svæver” derved i rummet få millimeter fra den modsatte væg. Derved skabes et intenst spændingsfelt hvor tyngdeloven synes ophævet.

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SPACEMETER

Space Meter is an instrument that spans and measures the space between two walls in a room. The key to this project lies in the in-between. Both the immediate space between the two exhibition walls. And a more subtle in-between-space that occur in a magnetic field. A string is stretched by magnetic force, but is at the same time held back by its length - precisely so that the magnet and the wall do not to touch each other. At the end of the string is a turned wood funnel. The funnel ‘floats’ in space a few millimetres from the opposite wall. This creates an intense field of tension where gravity seems overruled. The work springs from Eske Rex’ exploration of the ability of magnets to float, carried by their own pull.

Photo by 2012 Danish Crafts / Jeppegudmundsen.com