Accession Code: wu0760 Title: Fire In The Heart Date completed: 2000 Medium: Sculpture Material: Fibre optics, computer Height (mm): 3020 Width (mm): 1500 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: n/a Location Name: Offsite Store Location Description: Location Floor:

Fire in the Heart uses fibre-optic technology to create an optical field of light, controlled by a computer programme to create a variety of different colour sequences. The title refers to a natural phenomenon called St Elmo's Fire, a kind of lightning that appears as a glow of sparks around the masts of sailing ships.

The artist Peter Freeman lives on the Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall, surrounded by the sea and sky. The colours within this sculpture are a response to this environment, where every hour of each day, light is reflected from the sea in breathtaking colour variations.

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