Making Thousands of Suns

About Making Thousands of Suns

Pak Sheung Chuen’s window sculpture Making Thousands of Suns was made with the cooperation of libraries around Queensland, Australia.

The artwork, concieved by the artist whilst on visit to the State Library of Queensland as part of his Brisbane residency, is inspired by images of the sun collected from book covers found in Queensland library collections.   As the artist intended, the window sculpture uses sunlight to metaphorically cast “thousands of suns from one sun” onto the space around it.

In 2010, library staff across Queensland helped the artist create the work simply by loaning books from their collection.

The images here show the Queensland public library staff members who helped Pak create the work.

Making Thousands of Suns can be seen in Brisbane at the Red Box room of the State Library of Queensland until 2012.  The State Library of Queensland exhibit also features a bespoke bookshelf displaying the books from Queensland public libraries.

A duplicate of Making Thousands of Suns toured to the Shanghai Library in China between November 2010 and February 2011.

Audiences in Beijing will be able to see the artwork at the National Library of China between April 29th and June 30th.

关于制造千个太阳

 

“制造千个太阳”是白双全与昆士兰省图书馆及属下的地区图书馆合作推出的新艺术作品。

 

它将于2010年10月1日在位于布里斯班的昆士兰省图书馆和公众见面，为“光源自光”展览的一部分。

并于11月3号在上海图书馆相映展出。

 

这件作品的灵感获取于各个图书馆藏书中有太阳图案的图书封面。

在参与了昆士兰省图书馆主办的驻留计划之后，按艺术家的说法，这些封面上的太阳图案引发了“从一个太阳产生千个太阳”为概念的窗面雕塑的设想。

 

艺术家希望通过昆士兰各图书馆工作人员的协助从每个图书馆借出一本书来实现这个作品。

 

作为项目的一部分，这些封面带有太阳图案的书籍将同艺术作品一起陈列在昆士兰省图书馆。

 

这些影像展示了昆士兰省各个图书馆曾经协助过此项目的部分管理员。