INMERIDIEM
Installed on the third floor of Oslo’s public library, Inmeridiem is a sculpture that can only be experienced once a day, by one person, at the exact moment between sunrise and sunset. A glass sphere lowers automatically into the hands of the viewer. Inside is a stone from Akerselva, the river that runs through the centre of Oslo and enters the sea near the library. As the viewer holds the sphere, they listen to music and recordings of texts that reflect on touch, distance, the stone they’re holding, and the way names hold ideas and organisms together.
Oslo Central Pubic Library 2021-2022
Photo: Istvan Virag
Music inspired by Victor Jara’s instrumental work “La Partida”
Norwegian Translation: Mette Edvardsen
Technical director: Bart Callebaut
Project manager: Nikhil Vettukattil
Furniture design: Marianne Andersen
Space and web design: Karoline Bakken Lund
Website production & design: Magnus Andreas Hagen Olsen
Engineering in collaboration with Sirris, Belgium
Project manager: Bas Rottier
Stephan Masselis, Stijn Gielis, Jakob Kesteloot, Tom Martens
System architect and lead developer: Gaetan Hug
Software engineer: Jithu Nair
Geological advisor: Henrik Svensen
Sound engineering: Andrew Baardsen (Luft Recordings)
3D drawing: Erik Marynissen, Erik de Wulf
Woodwork: Joost Kramer
Waterjet: L&D Waterjet, Diest Belgium
Glasswork: Pierre Glass, Vilvoorde Belgium
Metalwork: Diametal, Herentals Belgium
Photography: Yamile Calderón,
Videography - process: Brent Herdewyn
Video documentation: Sveinung Gjessing
Commissioned by:
Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamling
Deichman, Bjørvika
Photo: Andre Gali