Neon sculptures for the perpetual desires for infinite riches and domain of regeneration
Almost out of the sky, half of the moon anchors between two mountains. Whirling, wandering night, the digger of eyes. Let us see how many sparkling stars disperse a watery body.
Almost Out of the Sky, Poem 11. Pablo Neruda, 1924
A contained source of infinite regenerative energies found in light and color, a portal to the infinitesimal as a present moment and an integrated experience for the public and private spheres. The portal exemplifies the human desire for infinite riches and emanates the illusion of eternal wealth and luxury.
Portal for Perpetuity VII, 2023 (with Securities, 2022), Good Children Gallery
Portal for Perpetuity II, 2020 by Anne Katrine Senstad. Illustrative image of the sculpture set in a Palazzo in Venice (the set of Madonna’s Like a Virgin video)
Portal for Perpetuity II, 2020 by Anne Katrine Senstad. Illustrative image of the sculpture set at Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors, France
In ethical terms the Portal for Perpetuity series suggests an experience of natures regenerative effect on the human experience that we can find in the spectra of aesthetics, the meditative and states of tranquility. If the mind’s imagined and acute understanding of perpetuity can act as an entrance to regeneration, if transformed, we can hold it in a present moment integrating it with the experience of our shared human enterprise and purpose.
Portal for Perpetuity II, 2023 by Anne Katrine Senstad (side view, front view). Neon, glass box, mirrors, transformer
Portal for Perpetuity VII, 2023 by Anne Katrine Senstad (back view, front view, side view). Neon, glass box, mirrors, transformer
Portal for Perpetuity VIII, 2023 by Anne Katrine Senstad. Neon, glass box, mirrors, transformer
The works Portal for Perpetuity VII, created for the exhibition Mal Educación, are supported by Office for Contemporary Art Norway and the Norwegian Government’s Grant for Artists/ Kulturdirektoratet
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