Light art

Description

Shards of glass, optical fibres and wood are among the ingredients when Steffen Tast creates his works. Instead of putting up a sculpture or hanging a painting on the wall, he stages spaces with his installations.

In the atrium courtyard between the library and Borgerhuset in Tinglev, he has staged the space with a mix of materials and light, so that its "cold" and "warm" effects are enhanced. For example, neon tubes glow blue-white on aluminium rods, and warm fibre optic light shines on a golden lacquered collage of newspaper clippings.

As well as casting a golden glow into the space, the collage also acts as a humorous commentary on contemporary life with its strange headlines from near and far. Very appropriately, it is right next to the collage that visitors sit and read the day's newspapers.