This may look to some like a chandelier that you would see on Halloween night or hung in a funky dance club in Los Angeles or New York City, and it may be. But more importantly it is a statement from the?Australian artists Ken and Julia Yonetani.
These glowing frankenstein chandeliers are part of a radioactive uranium glass sculptural exhibition?What the Birds Knew. ?This out of this world art/light installation is in memory of the?nuclear tragedy in Fukushima. Their use of unnaturally glowing?uranium glass hopes to expose the nuclear radiation fears that Japan has been living with daily since the event.
Uranium glass was used to make drinking glasses and decorative objects in the?late 19th and early 20th century. With the use of renewed vintage chandeliers and UV lights, the chandeliers green uranium glow seems almost ominous and mysterious.?The artists have incorporated the uranium glass pieces into the chandelier by replacing the vintage crystal beads with?thousands of uranium glass beads.
But don't worry the standards for modern uranium glass health and safety state that this uranium glass is typically only allowed up to a maximum of 2% uranium by weight. And per the artists press release "is not sufficiently radioactive enough to pose a health hazard to those viewing the glass."
For more information take a look at their press release for their gallery opening: What the Birds Knew
