Tension Object
2006

ceramic sphere, human hair, 400.000 volts

Twenty centimeter of human hair is embedded into a ceramic sphere.
The object is charged by a high voltage generator (400.000 Volts) and the embedded hair stands on end due to the electromagnetic field.

Straints of hair rise and fall in a slow rhythm as the sphere is charged and discharged.
The object establishes a connection between emotional excitement and physical voltage.
A specific human emotion is isolated, extracted, transformed and reimplanted into an object, that is in return acting on the sensitivities of the beholder.

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