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Laura Maes

Ongoing
Spikes

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  • A woman stands on a ladder and hangs small sound devices from the cieling.

    Artist Laura Maes hangs her work Spikes in the Hood Museum of Art's south stair entrance. Photo by Amelia Kahl.

About

Laura Maes’s Spikes makes audible the sun’s energy as it changes over time. As solar panels attached to the exterior of the building gather energy, they complete the more than 100 handmade circuits mounted on the ceiling. The clicking sound of each circuit varies and LEDs light up in conjunction with the clicks.

Purchased through the Claire and Richard P. Morse 1953 Fund and the William S. Rubin Fund; 2018.18

Exhibition Curator

Amelia Kahl

Exhibition subject: Modern & Contemporary Art