Light bulb to Simulate Moonlight

Title (Dublin Core): Light bulb to Simulate Moonlight
Description (Dublin Core): Paterson worked with engineers to take light-meter readings, analyze wavelengths, and finally locate an appropriate surface coating in order to produce a bulb that emits rays approximating the light of a full moon. Paterson commissioned Osram to manufacture 289 bulbs, each lasting 2,000 hours so that the total duration of the whole set corresponds to a lifetime, based on the average human life expectancy of 66 years as estimated in 2008. With each installation, during which the entire set is exhibited with a single bulb burning in the gallery, the lifespan of the artwork is shortened.
Identifier (Dublin Core): M_2021_GUGGE_01
Creator (Dublin Core): Katie Paterson (1981)
Date (Dublin Core): 2008
Format (Dublin Core): installations (visual works)
Medium (Dublin Core): 289 frosted colored halogen lightbulbs (28W, 4500K), logbook, and crate
Subject (Dublin Core): moonlight; light bulbs; mortality
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Germany
Source (Dublin Core): Guggenheim Museum; https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/28089
Access Rights (Dublin Core): In Copyright