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(fos)

(fos) in Madrid: a wall lamp above a doorway seems to cast a solid yellow triangular beam over the facade, a small table, chairs and the pavement.
Artwork FileMadrid, Spain

(fos)

SeenOct 2013

Susana Piquer, Eleni Karpatsi and Julio Calvo · Rayen, Calle de Lope de Vega, Madrid · 2013

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(fos) was a four-day installation on the front of Rayen restaurant in Madrid in 2013 by Susana Piquer, Eleni Karpatsi and Julio Calvo. Yellow tape across the wall and pavement, plus painted furniture and objects, made a wall lamp seem to throw a solid beam of light. Source Source Checked

Seen Oct 2013: Design Playground documented it on 13 October 2013. It was made for four days; the sources give no removal date. Source Unconfirmed

💡 4 things to know

  1. Light you can trip overYellow tape runs over the vertical and horizontal surfaces so that, seen from the front, the wall and pavement read as one beam. Source Reported
  2. Caught in the beamDesign Playground lists a picture, pineapples, a table and a vase among the things engulfed by the yellow beam, some wholly and some partly. Source Checked
  3. Over 250 metres of tapeDesign Playground reports that the team covered Rayen’s front with more than 250 metres of yellow tape. Source Checked
  4. A title in two languagesThe team explains that fos means light in Greek and melted in Catalan. Source Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Rayen restaurant, Calle de Lope de Vega, Barrio de las Letras, Madrid. Source Source Source Checked

Open in Maps

Opens a map of Calle de Lope de Vega; the restaurant’s number is not given in the sources.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 2013

    Four days and nights on Rayen’s front

  2. 201313 Oct

    Design Playground documents it

  3. 202320 Sep

    Mastering Public Space names the authors

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

🗞️ In the sources

Design Playground13 October 2013

“(FOS) è un team multidisciplinare con sede a Madrid e Barcellona composto da Eleni Karpatsi, Susana Piquer e Julio Calvo”

(FOS) is a multidisciplinary team based in Madrid and Barcelona made up of Eleni Karpatsi, Susana Piquer and Julio Calvo.

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✅ The facts

Artists
Susana Piquer, Eleni Karpatsi and Julio Calvo Source Source Checked
Title
(fos): light in Greek, melted in Catalan Source Source Checked
Location
Rayen restaurant, Calle de Lope de Vega, Madrid Source Source Checked
Duration
Four days and nights Source Source Checked
Materials
Yellow tape; painted furniture and objects Source Source Checked
Tape
More than 250 metres Source Checked
Status today
Temporary; removal date not recorded Source Unconfirmed

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