Spectra (installation)
''Spectra'' is the name of a series of art installations by Ryoji Ikeda which use intense white light as a sculptural material. The most recent presentation of ''spectra'' was in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia for four days ending 24 June, 2018 to mark the winter solstice, and as an installation piece at the Dark Mofo festival held by MONA. ''spectra msterdam' was the first presentation of the work in 2008 its current form; an array of xenon lamps pointed skywards lit from dusk till dawn accompanied by a mathematically derived score audible from each of the lamp bases. The work was first commissioned and produced by Forma Arts. History Ryoji Ikeda has produced ''spectra'' installations in a number of locations, all in several different configurations. The first was a tunnel of light and sound at JFK Airport at Eero Saarinen's abandoned TWA Terminal in New York in 2004. Four site-specific light and sound installations were created across Amsterdam in 2008 for the city's ''Dream ...
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Spectra Above Chimney Tops
Spectra may refer to: * The plural of spectrum, conditions or values that vary over a continuum, especially the colours of visible light * ''Spectra'' (journal), of the Museum Computer Network (MCN) * The plural of spectrum (topology), an object representing a generalized cohomology theory in algebraic topology * Spectra (mathematical association), an association of LGBT mathematicians * Spectra (Latreille 1802), an order of stick-insects, or Phasmatodea Companies and products * Kia Spectra, a car developed by Kia Motors from 2000 to the present. * Motorola Spectra and Astro Spectra, models of two-way radio. * Optare Spectra, a bus body built by Optare. * Polaroid Spectra, a type of instant camera and instant film formerly produced by the Polaroid Corporation. * RCA Spectra 70, the name for a series of mainframe computers made by RCA, and which were sold to Univac to become the Univac 90/60 series computer. * Spectra, a brand of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fiber. ...
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