The item loaned is titled "Deep ocean lamp." This lamp consists of an aluminum shade structure with acrylic sheets embedded within. Inside there is a small light bulb and stand, with wiring.
Deep ocean lamp is inspired by SINCLAIR COLLECTIVE's previous research on this space without horizon, light, or firmness, robbing humans of our body’s tools to comprehend and navigate space. The form of the lamp echoes Buckminster Fuller's "Jitterbug," a geometry that can transform between polyhedral states that is also known as vector equilibrium, a structural logic in tune with the fluidity of deep ocean space. Red and blue color filters animate the "Jitterbug" transformation and project colors outwards. Blue light wavelengths travel farthest in the deep ocean, making red objects appear black. This light and the colors it projects onto the wall are counterintuitive: inspired by a space without light, yet colorful. Warm in tone, yet also cold.
A project by
T. Craig Sinclair/SINCLAIR COLLECTIVE
SINCLAIR COLLECTIVE is a spatial design practice based in New York. Led by T. Craig Sinclair and Lauren Sinclair, they believe that architecture is understood through presence. Space is felt, lived in, and experienced, constructed through the movement of our body’s senses: “being there” is required.
SINCLAIR COLLECTIVE has a portfolio of design work at many scales—from commercial interiors to furniture—that have been featured in global institutions like the Istanbul Biennale, Hebbel-am-Ufer, Tactical Tech, and Mediamatic. Craig serves on the faculty at Syracuse University’s School of Architecture and his writings on design have been published in MIT's Thresholds Journal and CLOG, among others. He trained as an architect under Olafur Eliasson in Berlin and was a Fulbright Scholar in Norway. Lauren previously worked as an architectural designer on large-scale projects at SOM and commercial offices with Kinzo in Berlin.