JEPPE HEIN
REFLECTING FREQUENCIES

HOUSE OF MUSIC, AALBORG, DENMARK
PERMANENT INSTALLATION SINCE 2014

In the first foyer above the stairwell, a circular mirror is slowly turning around its center point. While ascending the stairs, visitors look up and see reflections of the upper and lower foyer connected by the mirror installation. The REFLECTING SURFACE is uniform at the center but breaks down in a gradient of fragmented pieces as it approaches the outer edge. Its appearance thus resembles a frequency wave – starting calm at the center, it then becomes more intense before calming down again at the perimeter.

The mirror is framed by an orange neon light that illuminates the installation and bathes the space in warm light. Furthermore, the orange light accentuates the situation of the foyer within the surrounding context, making it visible from outside the wall of windows. As visitors leave the building they look back and observe the installation from outside while remembering its appearance inside.
REFLECTING SURFACE, 2014
High-polished stainless steel, aluminum, neon tubes, transformers, electrical motor
Dimensions: ø 760 cm

© Courtesy KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, 303 Gallery, New York and Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
© Images Studio Jeppe Hein

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JEPPE HEIN
Jeppe Hein (b. 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish artist based in Berlin. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the Städel Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Jeppe Hein is widely known for his production of experiential and interactive artworks that can be positioned at the junction where art, architecture, and technical inventions intersect. Unique in their formal simplicity and notable for their frequent use of humor, his works engage in a lively dialogue with the traditions of Minimalist sculpture and Conceptual art of the 1970s. Jeppe Hein’s works often feature ...
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