Entwurf Ron Arad, 2001, Ausführung Ron Arad Studio, London, für The Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht, Fiberglas, Polyester, weißes Finish, signiert und datiert: Ron Arad 2001, Durchmesser ca. 100 cm. (DRAX)

Das "I. P. C. O. Smartie" (Inverted Pinhole Camera Obscura) funktioniert nach dem Camera Obscura-Prinzip. Durch viele kleine Löcher wird das gebündelte Licht geworfen und projiziert ein "wall paper"Lichtmuster auf die Umgebung.
Aus der von The Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht, editierten, limitierten Auflage von 50 Exemplaren. Erstmals präsentiert auf der Mailänder Möbelmesse im Rahmen der Ausstellung "Delight in Dedark" in der Gallerie Gio Marconi.

"I. P. C. Os (inverted pinhole camera obscura) - these objects are really reversed camera obscuras, multi- punctured inverted pinhole cameras. The room is dark - inside the sphere there is a burning filament of an incandescent lightbulb - each pinhole lets through a projection of one view of that filament - the walls of the room get 'wallpapered' with an omnidirectional glowing array of views of the filament. Although standard lightbulb filaments are beautiful, it was difficult to resist the temptation to tamper with the filaments to produce words and'sketches'. When the filament bulb is replaced with super bright mini pixel-boards, instead of static squiggles, we get scrolling sentences or images projected through each pinhole. Every new pinhole drilled in the object provides a further projection. The pixel board experiment was also carried out on a Big Easy chair where its base was punctured to project a 'carpet' of scrolling sentences on the floor around it." (The Gallery Mourmans)

Lit.:
J. Pavitt, BRILLIANT. LIGHTS AND LIGHTINGS, London 2004, p. 22/23 - Ron Arad: No Discipline, Kat. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, The MOMA, New York 2008/2009, S. 194/195.

Provenienz:
Privatbesitz Österreich, gekauft 2001 in der Gallery Mourmans.