Himmelsscheibe-von-Nebra-Kuchen
INSTALLATION
My favorite measuring instrument is the sextant (this hasn’t always been the case). I love the interplay of its parts: the sight tube, the horizon mirror, the index mirror mounted to rotate on the alidade, the light filters that fold in and out, the degree scale. The best part is the sight window: it is halved by the first mirror, then further quartered by the horizon, and in the middle appears either the half sun or the North Star.
The installation realised with the assistance of Benedikt Rau is a first implementation of a walk-in sextant. Different pieces of furniture take over the role of the five functions of a sextant.
Design in Gesellschaft,
Jan 25 - Feb 15 2025
supported by: bmkoes
Photos: Marlene Mautner
Artificial Horizon
My favorite measuring instrument is the sextant (this hasn’t always been the case). I love the interplay of its parts: the sight tube, the horizon mirror, the index mirror mounted to rotate on the alidade, the light filters that fold in and out, the degree scale. The best part is the sight window: it is halved by the first mirror, then further quartered by the horizon, and in the middle appears either the half sun or the North Star.
The installation realised with the assistance of Benedikt Rau is a first implementation of a walk-in sextant. Different pieces of furniture take over the role of the five functions of a sextant.
Design in Gesellschaft,
Jan 25 - Feb 15 2025
supported by: bmkoes
Photos: Marlene Mautner
This object is not a sextant, but an Artificial Horizon by Davis Instruments, “which answers the need of every sextant user who cannot depend on a natural sea horizon”.
