Irrationally Exuberant (spinning cocktail glass and stock market price)

Irrationally Exuberant

(spinning cocktail glass and stock market price)

Plexiglas, glass, motor, slide projector

w10'x d10'x h10'

2008

In the middle of a dark room, five cocktail glasses sit on a pedestal; two of those rotate slowly on a motor, another two stand still, and one lies broken.

The rotating glass occasionally hit the standing glasses, making a subtle clinking sound. Behind the pedestal, a rectangular sheet of plexiglas is hung from the ceiling. An image of a chandelier , without candles, is engraved on the surface of the Plexiglas. On the back of the Plexiglas, A daily updated "candlestick chart" of the Nikkei 225– one of the most popular Japanese stock price market index– is projected on the screen. As a light from a projector hits glasses and plexiglas, all the shadows are condensed and converged on the screen.