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SŌL

Light Sculpture
A horizontal image of the light sculpture  Sōl hanging on the ceiling above a person in a black room with lights turned on.

For most of our species' history, the body kept time with the sun. The first bulb broke the agreement in less than a generation. The screen finished the job.

What we lost was not light. We had more of it than ever. What we lost was the rhythm - a biological intelligence we still carry but no longer feed on schedule. Sleep, attention, mood, hunger, the immune response: all of them were tuned to a cycle that no longer reaches us.

SŌL imitates that cycle. The light moves on the sun's clock, not the room's, controlled through a sundial interface. The project is inspired by the highest-resolution images of the sun's surface ever recorded, taken by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope.

It is not a lamp. It is an apology, in the form of light, to a body that still knows.

Concept, design and development:

Studio laVina x Studio Yoon Seok-hyeon

Dimensions:

CM H:Adjustable W:120 D:120

Edition details:

Unique

Lead time:

Please allow 40 weeks for production

Shipping:

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Additional information:

Customisation upon request

Price indication:

Upon request