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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Enter the matrix: artist Antony Gormley's light spectacle at the White Cube

Antony Gormley Test Sites: A visitor explores Breathing Room III, a new work by Antony Gormley
A viewer walks through Antony Gormley's Breathing Room III, a large-scale matrix of tubular lights that changes as the light levels rise and fall
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
Antony Gormley Test Sites: This picture was taken while the lights were on for 22 seconds
At regular intervals the overhead lights come on, recharging the tubes with energy
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
Antony Gormley Test Sites: This picture was taken just as the lights were switched off
As the lights are switched off, the 15 interconnecting 'frames' begin to glow
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
Antony Gormley Test Sites: People experience an installation by artist Antony Gormley
Gormley's installation fills the space with incremental shades of light as the glow lingers
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
Antony Gormley Test Sites: Installation by artist Antony Gormley entitled Breathing Room III
The structure seems to change character as darkness falls
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
Antony Gormley Test Sites: Breathing Room III at the White Cube Gallery in London
Darkness descends again upon Breathing Room III, leaving the matrix fully illuminated
Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA
Antony Gormley Test Sites: An employee walks through artist Antony Gormley's new installation
A visitor is reduced to a silhouette as she picks her way through the installation
Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images
Antony Gormley Test Sites: Anthony Gormley stands inside his new installation Breathing Room III
Antony Gormley stands inside his new artwork
Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
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