Martin Kaar: Passer
Factsheet
Medium: Art in architecture/Light installation
Location: 1190 Vienna, Seileräckergasse 47
Architecture: Gert M. Mayr-Keber
Creation: 2002
Artist: Martin Kaar (*1974 in Linz, lives and works in Vienna, www.martinkaar.com
Info/Scope: Light sculpture made of neon tubes in the residential complex at Seileräckergasse 47, 1190 Vienna, which was specially designed for senior citizens
Martin Kaar: Passer
Martin Kaar's light objects play with our perception, deceive the eye and generally leave us in the dark. The light object Passer – created as an art-in-architecture commission by BUWOG for the residential complex in Seileräckergasse (architecture: Gert M. Mayr-Keber) – is no exception. Are we to interpret the four blue glowing angles as the corner points of a surface, is the thing floating in space, or is it mounted on the wall? The medium of light easily blurs the unambiguous boundaries between illusion and reality – a quality that Martin Kaar knows how to make skilful use of. He himself views his works as landscapes we wander through in order to discover new facets and potential interpretations each time we move through the space.
Photo: ©Martin Kaar
