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Rainbow box

Location: Uşkudar, Tutun Deposu, Paşalimanı Caddesi

Old tobacco warehouse built 19th century

Concept and Description:

Long lines of light (between 10m and 15 m) are set against the inside walls of the building.

These lines are symbolically taking their support from the past, the building structure, and are targeting the future, the sky.

The various lines of light are creating a bunch of multicoloured signs in reference to both the multi-cultural passed of Istanbul and the symbol of peace.

This project is designed to reveal the rich historical architectural environment of Istanbul. It adds a contemporary and energetic dimension to a void in the urban landscape. At the same time it tells how important a breathing space is needed in an ever-growing megapole.

This realization is part of « Ex-Change » a project managed by « Bureau des Désirs et Compétences, » Marseille and Çekul Foundation, Istanbul.

Supported by CFCU and 2010 Istanbul European Capital of Culture.

Technical info:

Metal rods:  52 lines from 10 to 15 m, total 650m

Neon tubes: 52 lines various colors, total 610m

Transformers:  65 units 220 volts

Realization: Cozum Neon, Istanbul 

View of the front and side walls facing street

sketch of the light installation project

back wall

back wall detail

front wall up

corner left and back wall

corner front and right wall

view from the street 
http://www.art-core.tv/index/content/807/Bertrand-Ivanoff-s-Rainbow-Box-a-neon-light-instal...

Wax neon

pure white neon tube cast in wax. 110 x 15 x 15 cm

Origine des mots - part 1

mix of various alphabet letters. neon tubes clear, white, pure white, daylight white. various dim.

Origine des mots - part 2

mix of several alphabet letters. plexiglass, stainless steel. various dim.

City grid plan - Sky line 

pure bleu neon tubes, inflatable p.v.c cubes, water in cubes. 140 x 140 x 50 cm

Grid Plan

Pure blue neon tubes hold together with inflatable p.v.c cubes. 150 x 150 cm

City Plan

Istanbul city plan, european side. Neon tubes fuchsia color. 140 x 180 cm

Ist. Pembe - Pink Istanbul

Site specific neon light installation for Tophane, a neighborhood on the European side of Istanbul.

The city street plan has been redesigned in pink color neon tubes and have been set on several buildings facades located in the heart of Tophane.

The light network branches out of the windows and it spreads over the walls like a climbing plant that grew its roots in a rich and dense history. It expands from one façade to the other. It mixes its light lines with the existing city landscape and at the same time it reverses the perception as the streets emerge from the building.

It is a flow of light, that is mapping the city that symbolicaly refers to the various flows of migrating populations who have created the Istanbul urban topography.

The gleaming street map enlightens an area of the city shared by numerous small businesses and deprived populations. Their future is uncertain since fast growing international speculations turn the local landscape into high-end rehabilitations. 

Technical infos:

Neon tubes Diam: 25 mm fixed on p.v.c structures.

Length total: 250 neon tubes

Transformers: 20 

Company: Isik Neon, Istanbul

This project was commissioned by FranceCultures and the French Institute in Istanbul for the first "Nuit Blanche" Istanbul in collaboration with the 10th International Istanbul Bienale.

With the support of: FranceCultures and the French Institute in Istanbul

left building

light reflecting on the building's walls

center and right buildings

close-up view of the left building facade

light reflecting on next building windows 

Kronprinz tower project, Kaliningrad, Russia

Concept:
To go through and to reach out.  To connect the stable element with the growing elements.
Development:
Located in former barracks in a city of heavy military history, Tower Kronprinz is a big and massive building that carries a strong defensive feeling. This military architecture is like a shell enclosed in it itself. The project is designed to break this architectural message.
The series of light lines bond the various elements together and create circulations and movements in place of the original no man’s land surrounding space.
The lines set at different levels and angles radiate from the core of the tower to connect with its settings. Air and trees, breathing and growing elements, are linked to the thick and passive edifice that can now absorb this vital energy.
Build solid, impenetrable and resistant to the external environment, the outdoor now becomes a vital source for the building. In a reverse movement, the inside reaches out the external world.
Going in, out and through, the lines connect the various sides of the building. The lights are pass ways between the inside and the outside, the front and the back, the before and the after. It is a call for discovery and exchanges.
With the light lines, the tower is no longer a divider but a connecting platform.
Curated by: Elena Tsvetaeva, Yulia Bardun, Anastasia Karpenko.
Commisioned by : NCCA - Kaliningrad, National Centre for Contemporary Art, the Russian Museum
With the support of: NCCA, "Saison française" in Russia 2010, French Institute in St Petersbourg, Culturesfrance 

Technical realisation of the project: OOO «NeonikaN» (Kaliningrad). 
Technical info: welded metal rods: 3 x 4 cm, total lenght 55 m 
Neon tubes: Ø 15 mm, total lenght  100 m 
Transformers: 9 units, each of 200Kw -30 mA

http://ncca-kaliningrad.ru/projects-eng/Projects/tower/