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Allora & Calzadilla
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The commissioned sculpture, Blackout (2020) by artist duo Allora & Calzadilla. Blackout, 2020, created from a Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority transformer that exploded during Hurricane Maria in 2017. The artists bisected the transformer’s steel exterior to expose its interior workings, which they cast in bronze. The shiny metallic conductive wire, radiator pipes, and insulators are juxtaposed with the matte exterior casing, creating a sculptural division that references the exhibition’s theme of solar noon, when the sun, at its zenith, cuts the day in half.

Houston, TX

2020

 

ARTIST­    
Allora & Calzadilla

WORK TITLE    
Blackout

CLIENT­    
Allora & Calzadilla, Lisson Gallery

LOCATION
Houston, TX

YEAR
2020

DESIGN
OOAI

BUILD
OOAI

PHOTOGRAPHY
Paul Hester

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Allora & Calzadilla
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Houston, TX

2020

 

The commissioned sculpture, Blackout (2020) by artist duo Allora & Calzadilla. Blackout, 2020, created from a Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority transformer that exploded during Hurricane Maria in 2017. The artists bisected the transformer’s steel exterior to expose its interior workings, which they cast in bronze. The shiny metallic conductive wire, radiator pipes, and insulators are juxtaposed with the matte exterior casing, creating a sculptural division that references the exhibition’s theme of solar noon, when the sun, at its zenith, cuts the day in half.

ARTIST­    
Allora & Calzadilla

WORK TITLE    
Blackout

CLIENT­    
Allora & Calzadilla, Lisson Gallery

LOCATION
Houston, TX

YEAR
2020

DESIGN
OOAI

BUILD
OOAI

PHOTOGRAPHY
Paul Hester

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