Eliza's Dark Little Question - Table Lamp

Eliza’s Dark Little Question was inspired by the insistent questions of the artist’s curious first child.

It was originally created for Herzblut, a club on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany in 2002. "Herzblut" translates directly as "heart-blood," but it means "passion". The project is located near the 1000-year-old Hamburg Harbor, the red-light district where the Beatles played in the early 1960s. This version of the Eliza Series was also used at the Times Square hotel renovation in New York City. 

PROCESS / MATERIALS

Hand-carved in maple, then cast in 93% recycled aluminum-magnesium alloy, hand-polished and hand-rubbed with elixirs for a dark, patinated finish. The wiring is suitable for commercial venues. Made in Chicago. 

DIMENSIONS

H 12 in. x W 6 in. x D 10 in.

(H 30.48 cm. x W 15.24 cm. x D 25.4 cm.)

VARIATIONS

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DATE OF DESIGN/MANUFACTURE

1992/2002

Inspired by the curious artist’s daughter’s endless questions. Wooden sculptures were cast in 92% recycled magnesium-aluminum, hand polished and rubbed with elixirs to patina. Made in Chicago.  

This is a 2002 variation on designs originally created in 1992-1993 for a Chicago residence, a Frankfurt Restaurant and a restaurant in Matsuyama. This version created in2002 for Herzblut, a in Hamburg, Germany, also owned by the operators of East Hotel. Made in Chicago.

East Hotel is the reincarnation of the bombed out ruins of an old foundry in Hamburg, Germany as a boutique hotel featuring Asian-fusion menus.

DONUTS
The hotel’s center in an indoor/outdoor public space, a donut hole, created by sculpting brick and concrete out of the muscular foundry structure and excavating 24’ of earth from the yard separating the foundry ruins and the new guest room building… 

Every detail of East’s architecture, art and design conveys the spirit of the old foundry and the surreality of a westerner’s first immersion in the east.

If architecture in frozen music (danke Göthe) thn ornament is the melody. It is the underlying concept which transforms structural rhythms, spatial and material harmonics and details into a meaningful personality which can create an emotional connection…the melody of architecture is its soul, the spirit of the place.

CREDITS

White background photos courtesy of Rago Arts. Photos with grey sweep by Tom Rossiter. Blue table photos at Oak Street Gallery by Eliza Mozer. Times Square Hotel photo by Doug Snower.