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On Feelings towards the Sun and its Light

Lara Herrmann

Januar / January - 2024

Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle

Bachelor of Arts

Description

Diffuse and ambivalent feelings define our relationship with the sun. The description of sunlight as invigorating, warming and uplifting becomes less valid depending on the season, the region and the effects of climate change. The project uses interviews to analyse the relationship between different people and sunlight. The wide range of observations is presented in a booklet by juxtaposing quotes from these conversations. The combination of selected quotes ultimately forms the basis for four objects that visualise paradoxes, uncertainties and ambiguities.

Object 1 addresses the problem of material heating in public spaces.
Object 2 contrasts the use of sunlight and dealing with its lack.
Object 3 highlights the positive and negative aspects of the bleaching effect of sunlight.
Object 4 highlights the willingness to take risks in relation to ideals of physical beauty and the exploitation of nature.