Installation Granary Square
Year: 2020
Location: Granary Square, London, UK
Commissioned by: Company Place from MDR Gallery for Coal Drops Yard
Dimensions: various
Materials: aluminum, polyester fabric, LEDs
Press release January 13 2020
Brochure Space Frames System
Following their huge popularity in Coal Drops Yard last winter, Studio Mieke Meijer’s Space Frames will returned to King’s Cross on 13 Jan 2020, this time lighting up Granary Square with a playful installation. The Space Frames respond to the timeless beauty of the rigorous and functional industrial architecture that surrounds them, including the adjacent Granary Building and nearby Coal Drops Yard. In fact, they trace and mimic the graphic outlines of Coal Drops Yard’s arches and industrial structures.
The dynamic installation encourages people to interact with it through its placement and use of seating. The Space Frames also act as landmarks and beacons, drawing visitors towards and beneath them.
Studio Mieke Meijer has been making domestic versions of the Space Lamps in their workshop for some time, but for this bespoke commission (made by Company Place from MDR Gallery for King’s Cross) the studio supersized their light sculptures to create a visually stunning work. The Dutch design studio crafted the installation by hand out of a lightweight but super strong aluminium skeleton, then covered the frames with an industrial polyester fabric more commonly used in the aviation industry, before lighting them from within.
The Space Frames are in fact a modular system and the individual elements can be easily taken apart and reconfigured, meaning the work can be sustainably re-used and creatively re-thought over and again. This latest installation is the third configuration of the Kings Cross Space Frames by Studio Mieke Meijer. If you fall in love with this installation, you can see the domestic versions of the lights currently on display at COS in Coal Drops Yard and they are available to buy from MDR Gallery. The art installation will occupy Granary Square from Monday 13 January until Tuesday 31 March 2020, and is free to visit.
