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Quicksilver, Dryfit, Museumbrug (1999) (ID: 1683) by Simon Starling

  • 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 Afobakadam, and used on the 7th of November, 1999, to drive an aluminium boat through the canals of Amsterdam
  • Date produced 1999
  • Work Type Print
  • Medium C-print
  • Artwork dimensions Print size 69 x 101.1cm, framed size 72 x 104.1cm
  • Historical classification 1990s
  • Artist byline © Simon Starling. All Rights Reserved, DACS Images
  • Photographer credit Ruth Clark
  • Additional credit Image courtesy The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow.
  • Keywords transformation, installation, exterior, journey, water, boat, Conceptual, metaphorical

available to licence by Simon Starling