Quicksilver, Dryfit, Museumbrug (1999) (ID: 1674) by Simon Starling
- By Simon Starling
- Image ID: 1674
Quicksilver, Dryfit, Museumbrug (1999) (ID: 1674) by Simon Starling: Artwork details
- Artwork title Quicksilver, Dryfit, Museumbrug (1999)
- Artwork description 90 amp-hours of solar power harnessed on the 30th and 31st of October, 1999, on the Suriname River between Paramaribo and the Afobaka dam, and used on the 7th of November, 1999, to drive an aluminium boat through the canals of Amsterdam (Installation view, De Appel, Amsterdam, 1999) (Detail)
- Date produced 1999
- Work Type Installation
- Medium Aluminium boat, electric motor, cables, battery, vinyl text, posters, cast aluminium lumps, tarpaulin, casting sand
- Artwork dimensions Posters 42.1 x 59.5cm, installed dimensions variable
- Historical classification 1990s
- Artist byline © Simon Starling. All Rights Reserved, DACS Images
- Additional credit Image courtesy The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
- Keywords installation, boat, material, Conceptual, metaphorical, object, scale
