Ishmail Sandstroem Mandala is an object, a piece of light art. It is also a particular way of making mandalas - a mandala brand, a school, a sect, if you will. It's a physical, spiritual and social process that transforms former trash into present day treasure.
Mandala is a result of an improvisatory process, a creative act between two artists with one intention: to reveal the secret order that is present within all disorder. A transparent sheet of recycled plexiglass as a game board Petri Lehtinen, artist / curator, invites a fellow artist to play with. Players use plastic trash - recycled medical utilities - as game pieces, adding, moving, removing them until there are no more moves to be made. Everybody has won. A new mandala is born.
Which kind of light sources and what other materials and equipment are used?
Recycled diabetes paraphernalia (insulin pen needles and needle caps, components of an insulin pen, sterile blood lancets, blood sugar tester screens), recycled plexiglass, LED lights, paper, Pinewood box.
Please provide the dimensions of the work. Approximate size will do. Please mention if the work can be adjusted. (width-height-depth):
75 cm x 75 cm, depth 8 cm
Please provide the dimensions of the work for mailing / sending. Approximate size will do:
85 cm x 85 cm, depth 15 cm
Electricity consumption:
Standard mains current (10A/16A).
Does the artwork use sound?
No sound.
Support and other structures:
The work includes all the necessary structures.
Please state which structures, hardware or other equipment is needed from the client:
Electricity.
Minimum height of the space:
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Minimum square meters of the space:
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Requirements for the space: darkness, temperature, colouring (light / dark / specific colour / other) etc.:
Dark is good, dim ok.
Building time and people required (estimate):
2 people 1 hour.
Artist's presence:
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Seen before at:
Mandala Factory Turku, 2023; Lux Helsinki Club, 2024
CONTACT INFORMATION
BLAF Best of Light Art in Finland
is hosted by
Finnish Light Art Society FLASH
2877700-6
LightArtFi
Producer: Annukka Ketola
annukka.ketola@valotaiteenseura.fi
+358 40 735 3972
Curators:
Mia Kivinen / mia.kivinen@valotaiteenseura.fi
Anna Björklund / anna.bjorklund@valotaiteenseura.fi
