page_title: Spectra (installation)
section_title: spectra [tasmania], 2013 & 2018
hierarchical_section_title: Spectra (installation) / spectra [tasmania], 2013 & 2018
caption_attribution_description: Dark Mofo's giant beam of light pierces the Hobart Skyline, on the night after winter solstice, 2013 -- the night of a full moon. 22 June, 2013.
context_page_description: Spectra is the name of a series of art installations by Ryoji Ikeda which use intense white light as a sculptural material. The most recent presentation of spectra was in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia for four days ending 24 June, 2018 to mark the winter solstice, and as an installation piece at the Dark Mofo festival held by MONA. spectra [Amsterdam] was the first presentation of the work in 2008 its current form; an array of xenon lamps pointed skywards lit from dusk till dawn accompanied by a mathematically derived score audible from each of the lamp bases. The work was first commissioned and produced by Forma Arts.
context_section_description: spectra [tasmania] was an installation of 49 Xenon searchlights. It was placed in front of Hobart's Cenotaph on the western shore of that city's central business district. Installed and active from sunset to sunrise 14 - 23 June 2013 as part of The Red Queen, a group exhibition for the first Dark Mofo Festival. It was estimated to reach 5-15km into the sky, depending on the weather. In 2018 it was displayed from the grounds of MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) with the addition of Ikeda's accompanying soundscape, where it was confirmed that plans were in place to house spectra at the museum permanently. As of November 2019, spectra remains located at MONA and will be used for four days each year to signify the winter solstice period.
caption: spectra [tasmania] pierces the Hobart Skyline, 22 June 2013.
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