WILLIAM LAMSON

Solarium, 2012

Steel, glass, sugar, plants

10' 10" x 8' 11" x 10' 3 38 in. (330.2 x 271.8 x 313 cm)

Courtesy the artist and Pierogi Gallery

Photography by William Lamson

Solarium functions as both an isolated hillside sanctuary and, as Lamson has put it, an "experimental greenhouse." Caramelized sugar is baked into the windows of Solarium, tinting each a unique amber shade. All plants create sugars through photosynthesis; those inside Solarium use light that has been filtered through sugars, a circular process. Weather permitting, Solarium is designed to be viewed from afar, where it appears as a jewel-like object, and from within, for the experience of its unusual plays of light.

Artist: William Lamson - Last Light Artist: William Lamson - Last Light Artist: William Lamson - Last Light