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The installation is specially made for the courtyard of Pori
Art Museum for “Intersection” group exhibition.
The museum sculpture courtyard is a part of former street
base between the museum building and old stone wall hiding
the underground extension of the museum behind it. The shorter
edges of the courtyard are glass corridors connecting the
museum and its extension. The courtyard is in east-west axis
which lets the Sun shine to the courtyard throughout all day
in summer time.
The installation consists of longitudinally placed slowly
rotating 21 meter long triangular mirror axis in the centre
of the courtyard about one meter high. The slow rotation keeps
the reflection on the mirrors in constant movement making
the whole axis somewhat immaterial.
The axis is made of eight triangular mirror elements which
are about 2,6 meters long and 10 centimeters wide. The elements
are connected by the bearing joints placed inside the supporting
columns. All the supporting structures of the mirror elements
are made of anodized aluminum and stainless steel. A small
electric motor is enough to rotate the whole axis because
of its definite linearity and balance.
The installation is constantly reacting to the changing whether
conditions and time of the day. Sun throws slowly moving horizontal
reflections on the courtyard surfaces, the surrounding walls
it and to the tower of the nearby town hall. The moving horizontal
reflection line reveals the typography of the surrounding
surfaces. When the Sun moves from east to west during the
day the reflections move to opposite direction. Even when
the Sun is not shining the mirrors throw just recognizable
reflection on the surrounding surfaces.
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