Progeny of Light 

Clients: Annette Seeman and John Teschendorff
Artist: Pamela Gaunt
Fabricator: Artcom Fabrication
Location: Bellevue Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Date: 2017

The illuminated interior wall intervention sits between a small kitchen and bathroom renovation in the Seeman-Teschendorff residence. The work is positioned to provide light, but limited visual access, between the two spaces.

Progeny of Light #1, created for this commission, is part of a series of illuminated works that broadly explores illumination as a metaphor used in everyday life, philosophy, literature and spirituality. This commissioned work operates beyond the idea of mere lighting to express a sense of wonder in the shift between day and nocturnal presence. Intending to create an illuminated form with an intentional ambiguity that evokes a sensorial response from the viewer. The pieces can also move from horizontal to vertical positions via the use of fabricated acrylic armatures. The format allows for ease of layering and stacking, a ‘stratum’ of comprised interchangeable components.

The testing of ideas required several prototypes in paper, fabric, acrylic, wood veneer, mirror acrylic, plexiglass, and sandblasted glass, using key industrial processes included routing, laser etching, and sandblasting, often used in combination on a single substrate. The particular processes have been chosen read more...

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Photography: The artist and Annette Seeman.

Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Progeny of Light #1
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Progeny of Light #1
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Progeny of Light #1
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Detail Progeny of Light #1
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Detail Progeny of Light #1
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Mirror acrylic and plexiglass panels stacked prior to construction.
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Construction-in-progress – showing internal walls between kitchen and bathroom.
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Construction-in-progress – showing internal walls between kitchen and bathroom.
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Construction-in-progress – showing frame for artwork.
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Lighting detail.
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Lighting detail.
Pam Gaunt - Progeny of Light Commission
Installation-in-progress by Artcom.

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