Seaweed in The Universe
Astrid Krogh
Details
Title
Seaweed in The Universe
Artist/Maker
Astrid Krogh
Date
2022
Medium
Seaweed, glass, LED, acrylic, aluminum, walnut
Dimensions
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Credit
Purchase with funds from the Decorative Arts Acquisition Endowment, Sarah Eby-Ebersole and W. Daniel Ebersole, Baxter Jones and Dr. Jiong Yan, Carolynn Cooper and Pratap Mukharji, Brad and Dio Jensen, and Margot and Danny McCaul
Accession #
2024.17
Danish designer Astrid Krogh, who lives in a seaside town in Denmark, began harvesting and collecting the seaweed she found on her daily swims. She became interested in the nature of patterns after having conversations with a Harvard astrophysicist who was mapping the structure of the universe. Influenced by both the chaos of the universe and finely woven tapestries of seventeenth-century France, Krogh arranged her collection of seaweed on an LED light box, injecting an “entire spectrum of ever-changing color rays” into her work.