4. Anglepoise (7x)
Edmund Francis (UK)
Installation
Location
Location Number: 4
at Durham Station
About
Anglepoise (7x) is an exaggeration of an iconic piece of
everyday design - a scale model seven times the size of the average
Anglepoise Lamp that sits on countless desks in offices and
studies.
The original, and somewhat smaller, Anglepoise Lamp, was designed
by George Carwardine in 1933. Inspired by the constant tension
principle of human limbs, Cardwardine wanted to develop a lamp that
would mimic the flexibility and stability of the human arm.
Edmund Francis is fascinated by the man-made objects that surround
us, those that we see every day and hardly notice. By increasing
the scale of these objects, the viewer's perspective is changed, as
the piece towers over them.
About the artist
Edmund Francis graduated from Newcastle University and lives in the North East. Francis's sculptures concentrate on techniques and methods borrowed from the design industry and crossover with design in general.
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