Electromagnificent
A fixation on light and electricity has moved British Artist, Richard Box, to create some mesmerizing installation art pieces which he has had documented by various photographers on his Website.
The focus on Box's Site right now is is a series which illustrates an installation whereby Box erected more than a thousand fluorescent tubes by planting them in the ground beneath a large electrical pylon. The photographs show the the lights illuminated only by the magnetic field being generated by the pylon and overhead electricity cables.
There's something simultaneously magical and eerie about these images for me. An excerpt from Box's Website states that he discovered the phenomenon as a child, while waving a fluorescent tube in his backyard which would "light up like a light saber" when he moved under the electricity cables that connected his house to the grid.
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