Stephan Huber | The great glow

The installation by Stephan Huber (born in 1952 in Lindenberg) was a contribution to the 150th anniversary of the Künstlerhaus Hannover in 2006. It is the result of a competition initiated for this purpose by the Kunstverein Hannover and the Lower Saxony Foundation. When it gets dark, the chandelier becomes part of the street lighting. It is also movable and is set in motion like a bell before events at the Künstlerhaus. The work derives its subtle references to the site from numerous polarities such as inside/outside, public/private, or functional/non-functional. As the Künstlerhaus’s flagship, it seems almost to proclaim culture with baroque splendor, thus becoming an ironic commentary: overloaded, expensive, heavy—and at the same time imaginative, stimulating, extraordinary, autonomous, defiant, and different. The work is partially funded by the Lower Saxony Foundation, which is based at the Künstlerhaus. » Location: Sophienstraße (in front of the Künstlerhaus)