Solar Powered Door (to Nothingness) Sun's Expiration Date: 5 billion years A.D. exhibited at: group show: Testlauf Künstlerdorf Schöppingen 13-14.09.2014 group show: GrensWerteWeltAusstellung Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany 21.03.-13.04.2014 catalogue: GrensWerte "Best Before" 2013/2014 A self-sufficient interactive sculpture, the S. P. Door (to Nothingness) stands freely in open space and functions metaphorically as a threshold into the present and new sustainable possibilities. The intended connotations of this symbolic action, walking through a solar powered door, invite the passers-by to participate in a readjustment of society's relationship to technology and the environment, simultaneously suggesting a spiritual involvement through an invitation to the universe. This structure consists of a metal doorway on a plinth and is covered with solar panels on both sides. As a person approaches the door from either direction, it opens slowly, ushering the person into the unknown. related links: >> grenswerte.eu: door_to_nothingness >> solarcontact.com: fh-muenster-unterstuetzt-kuenstler-bei-der-entwicklung-der-solar-power-door This project was realized within the GrensWerte programming 2013/14 and has been additionally supported by the Fachhochschule Münster, Labor für Optoelektronik und Sensorik and the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen.		html5 slideshow
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