STUDIO BERGOB
STUDIO BERGOB

Oil Lamps for "A Sky Taste of Rock"

 

A series of custom-designed oil lamps for the "Controlled Burn" exhibition by Julian Charrière at the Langen Foundation, created as both functional objects and a conceptual extensions of the artworks they accompanied. Each lamp was paired with Heliography diptychs, a set of metal canvases coated in residues of bitumen—a crude oil derivative—forming iridescent, oil-slick-like surfaces.⁠
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Designed in Collaboration with Studio Julian Charrière⁠
Exhibited at Langen Foundation⁠

 

STUDIO BERGOB
STUDIO BERGOB
STUDIO BERGOB

Pendelleuchte 140, Stahlseile, Aluminium

STUDIO BERGOB

The fluctuating light animates the bitumen surfaces, enhancing their reflective qualities and making their oily textures appear almost alive, as though breathing in response to the surrounding flame.⁠
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The lamps, fueled by the very material that inspired the diptychs, symbolically closed the loop between source and illumination. The bitumen, a byproduct of ancient organic matter and fossilized time, flickers here in the oil fueled flames that softly illuminate the artworks. The interplay of "oil to oil" a poetic connection between materiality, energy, and time, allowing the canvases to shimmer and glisten under the flickering light.

Oil Lamps for "A Sky Taste of Rock"

 

A series of custom-designed oil lamps for the "Controlled Burn" exhibition by Julian Charrière at the Langen Foundation, created as both functional objects and a conceptual extensions of the artworks they accompanied. Each lamp was paired with Heliography diptychs, a set of metal canvases coated in residues of bitumen—a crude oil derivative—forming iridescent, oil-slick-like surfaces.⁠
⁠
Designed in Collaboration with Studio Julian Charrière⁠
Exhibited at Langen Foundation⁠

 

STUDIO BERGOB
STUDIO BERGOB
STUDIO BERGOB

Pendelleuchte 140, Stahlseile, Aluminium

STUDIO BERGOB

The fluctuating light animates the bitumen surfaces, enhancing their reflective qualities and making their oily textures appear almost alive, as though breathing in response to the surrounding flame.⁠
⁠

The lamps, fueled by the very material that inspired the diptychs, symbolically closed the loop between source and illumination. The bitumen, a byproduct of ancient organic matter and fossilized time, flickers here in the oil fueled flames that softly illuminate the artworks. The interplay of "oil to oil" a poetic connection between materiality, energy, and time, allowing the canvases to shimmer and glisten under the flickering light.