With his minimal intervention along the facade of the Kunstmuseum Bochum, Francois Morellet managed to fundamentally change how the building is perceived at night. Blue neon lights have been mounted along the front of the building in such a way that they would form an arc, were it not for the missing section in the middle. Nonetheless, viewers automatically mentally fill in the gap when looking at it.<\/p>\n
In this way, the round form of the work contrasts the building, which is made up of vertical and horizontal structural elements. Reminiscent of a rainbow, Morellet’s installation defines an entirely new Skyline<\/em> here. It also draws connections to its surroundings, especially the mining tower at the Bergbau-Museum, which can be seen in the background and is also lit at night.<\/p>\n When the interior lights are on, the museum rooms also become a part of the overall image created by the blue arc. Morellet began working with neon in 1963; with this work, he shows how a formally reduced intervention can lead to a novel relationship between an object and viewer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Public Art Ruhr. Die Metropole Ruhr und die Kunst im \u00f6ffentlichen Raum<\/em>. Eds. Walter Smerling and Ferdinand Ulrich on behalf of the RuhrKunstMuseen, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-8632-134-0, pp. 124-125.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","sculpture_city":[14587],"sculpture_epoch":[14682],"sculpture_artist":[15237],"sculpture_region":[15065],"sculpture_objecttype":[15548],"class_list":["post-28247","sculpture","type-sculpture","status-publish","hentry","sculpture_city-bochum","sculpture_epoch-2010er","sculpture_artist-francois-morellet-en","sculpture_region-ruhrgebiet","sculpture_objecttype-light-installations"],"acf":{"images":[{"ID":36793,"id":36793,"title":"","filename":"adsc7384hochkant.jpg","filesize":263794,"url":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant.jpg","link":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/skulptur\/skyline\/attachment\/24595\/","alt":"","author":"0","description":"","caption":"","name":"24595","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":28247,"date":"2017-06-06 21:31:06","modified":"2017-06-06 21:31:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":483,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant-170x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":170,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant-217x300.jpg","medium-width":217,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant.jpg","medium_large-width":483,"medium_large-height":667,"large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant.jpg","large-width":483,"large-height":667,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant.jpg","1536x1536-width":483,"1536x1536-height":667,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant.jpg","2048x2048-width":483,"2048x2048-height":667,"blog-thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant-356x492.jpg","blog-thumbnail-width":356,"blog-thumbnail-height":492,"profile":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant.jpg","profile-width":483,"profile-height":667,"homepage":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant-483x500.jpg","homepage-width":483,"homepage-height":500,"homepage-nrws":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant-483x626.jpg","homepage-nrws-width":483,"homepage-nrws-height":626,"homepage-fullscreen":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/adsc7384hochkant.jpg","homepage-fullscreen-width":483,"homepage-fullscreen-height":667}},{"ID":36794,"id":36794,"title":"","filename":"bdsc7384.jpg","filesize":679387,"url":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384.jpg","link":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/skulptur\/skyline\/attachment\/24596\/","alt":"","author":"0","description":"","caption":"","name":"24596","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":28247,"date":"2017-06-06 21:31:06","modified":"2017-06-06 21:31:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384-170x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":170,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384-450x300.jpg","medium-width":450,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384.jpg","large-width":600,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":667,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":667,"blog-thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384-738x492.jpg","blog-thumbnail-width":738,"blog-thumbnail-height":492,"profile":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384.jpg","profile-width":1000,"profile-height":667,"homepage":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384-500x500.jpg","homepage-width":500,"homepage-height":500,"homepage-nrws":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384-934x626.jpg","homepage-nrws-width":934,"homepage-nrws-height":626,"homepage-fullscreen":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bdsc7384.jpg","homepage-fullscreen-width":1000,"homepage-fullscreen-height":667}},{"ID":36795,"id":36795,"title":"","filename":"cdsc7381.jpg","filesize":463158,"url":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381.jpg","link":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/skulptur\/skyline\/attachment\/24597\/","alt":"","author":"0","description":"","caption":"","name":"24597","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":28247,"date":"2017-06-06 21:31:07","modified":"2017-06-06 21:31:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381-170x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":170,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381-450x300.jpg","medium-width":450,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381.jpg","large-width":600,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":667,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":667,"blog-thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381-738x492.jpg","blog-thumbnail-width":738,"blog-thumbnail-height":492,"profile":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381.jpg","profile-width":1000,"profile-height":667,"homepage":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381-500x500.jpg","homepage-width":500,"homepage-height":500,"homepage-nrws":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381-934x626.jpg","homepage-nrws-width":934,"homepage-nrws-height":626,"homepage-fullscreen":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/cdsc7381.jpg","homepage-fullscreen-width":1000,"homepage-fullscreen-height":667}},{"ID":36796,"id":36796,"title":"","filename":"ddsc7360.jpg","filesize":416530,"url":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360.jpg","link":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/skulptur\/skyline\/attachment\/24598\/","alt":"","author":"0","description":"","caption":"","name":"24598","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":28247,"date":"2017-06-06 21:31:07","modified":"2017-06-06 21:31:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":539,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360-170x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":170,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360-557x300.jpg","medium-width":557,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360-768x414.jpg","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":323,"large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360.jpg","large-width":600,"large-height":323,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":539,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":539,"blog-thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360-740x399.jpg","blog-thumbnail-width":740,"blog-thumbnail-height":399,"profile":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360.jpg","profile-width":1000,"profile-height":539,"homepage":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360-500x500.jpg","homepage-width":500,"homepage-height":500,"homepage-nrws":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360-934x539.jpg","homepage-nrws-width":934,"homepage-nrws-height":539,"homepage-fullscreen":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ddsc7360.jpg","homepage-fullscreen-width":1000,"homepage-fullscreen-height":539}},{"ID":36797,"id":36797,"title":"","filename":"edsc7375.jpg","filesize":431209,"url":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375.jpg","link":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/skulptur\/skyline\/attachment\/24599\/","alt":"","author":"0","description":"","caption":"","name":"24599","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":28247,"date":"2017-06-06 21:31:08","modified":"2017-06-06 21:31:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375-170x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":170,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375-450x300.jpg","medium-width":450,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375.jpg","large-width":600,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":667,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":667,"blog-thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375-738x492.jpg","blog-thumbnail-width":738,"blog-thumbnail-height":492,"profile":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375.jpg","profile-width":1000,"profile-height":667,"homepage":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375-500x500.jpg","homepage-width":500,"homepage-height":500,"homepage-nrws":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375-934x626.jpg","homepage-nrws-width":934,"homepage-nrws-height":626,"homepage-fullscreen":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/edsc7375.jpg","homepage-fullscreen-width":1000,"homepage-fullscreen-height":667}},{"ID":36798,"id":36798,"title":"","filename":"fdsc7192.jpg","filesize":309113,"url":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192.jpg","link":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/skulptur\/skyline\/attachment\/24600\/","alt":"","author":"0","description":"","caption":"","name":"24600","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":28247,"date":"2017-06-06 21:31:08","modified":"2017-06-06 21:31:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192-170x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":170,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192-450x300.jpg","medium-width":450,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192.jpg","large-width":600,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":667,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":667,"blog-thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192-738x492.jpg","blog-thumbnail-width":738,"blog-thumbnail-height":492,"profile":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192.jpg","profile-width":1000,"profile-height":667,"homepage":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192-500x500.jpg","homepage-width":500,"homepage-height":500,"homepage-nrws":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192-934x626.jpg","homepage-nrws-width":934,"homepage-nrws-height":626,"homepage-fullscreen":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fdsc7192.jpg","homepage-fullscreen-width":1000,"homepage-fullscreen-height":667}}],"location":"Bochum, Kunstmuseum, Kortumstra\u00dfe 147","position":{"address":"","lat":"51.487238","lng":"7.221237"},"year":"2010","measurements":"Length ca. 83 m","material":"Neon lights","type":"Light installations","images_copyright":"Photos \u00a9 Carsten Gliese","extra_box_image":{"ID":112,"id":112,"title":"","filename":"extrabox-2.png","filesize":20534,"url":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2.png","link":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/ueber-uns\/extrabox-2\/","alt":"#nrwskulptur","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"extrabox-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":37,"date":"2017-05-16 19:17:51","modified":"2024-03-01 11:09:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":955,"height":955,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2-170x150.png","thumbnail-width":170,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2-300x300.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2-768x768.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":600,"large":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2.png","large-width":600,"large-height":600,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2.png","1536x1536-width":955,"1536x1536-height":955,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2.png","2048x2048-width":955,"2048x2048-height":955,"blog-thumbnail":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2-492x492.png","blog-thumbnail-width":492,"blog-thumbnail-height":492,"profile":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2-955x942.png","profile-width":955,"profile-height":942,"homepage":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2-700x471.png","homepage-width":500,"homepage-height":336,"homepage-nrws":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2-934x626.png","homepage-nrws-width":934,"homepage-nrws-height":626,"homepage-fullscreen":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/extrabox-2.png","homepage-fullscreen-width":955,"homepage-fullscreen-height":955}},"images_sources":false,"extra_box_link":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sculpture\/28247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sculpture"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sculpture"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"sculpture_city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sculpture_city?post=28247"},{"taxonomy":"sculpture_epoch","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sculpture_epoch?post=28247"},{"taxonomy":"sculpture_artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sculpture_artist?post=28247"},{"taxonomy":"sculpture_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sculpture_region?post=28247"},{"taxonomy":"sculpture_objecttype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrw-skulptur.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sculpture_objecttype?post=28247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}