Name 1
MERCURY DROPS IN A CUBE
Name 2
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ID number
002.453.Idrija
Manager / Administrator
Idrija Municipal Museum, Prelovčeva 9, SI-5280 Idrija
Ownership
Public
Owner
Municipality of Idrija, Mestni trg 1, SI-5280 Idrija
Local / Original ID Number
510:IDR;LZ-295
Type of Object
Daily life
Description
Short description
The described artistic work has the shape of a large cube. The inside of the cube is carved with small circles and filled with mercury.
Measures
Length 59 cm, width 58 cm, height 59 cm.
Materials
Plexiglass, mercury.
Dating
1993
Author / Producer
Jože Vrščaj
Picture attachments
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Original use
Mercury Drops in a Cube, due to the difficulties of working in a pit, can be interpreted as a miners’ path, but also as their lives’ destiny.
Present use
The described work, Mercury Drops in a Cube, is being preserved, secured and presented as important mining heritage of Idrija with exceptional universal values. It is a part of the art collection of Idrija Municipal Museum. Visitors can view it within the permanent exhibition “Five Centuries of the Mercury Mine and the Town of Idrija”. The described cube was also made for the purposes of the mentioned exhibition. The wire ropes on which the cube is hung are also a part of the whole presentation. Small lights, symbolising the carbide lamps, are hung on the wire ropes.
Original location
Location information is not known.
Present location
Idrija Municipal Museum, Gewerkenegg Castle (showroom 7).
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Artistic work is properly preserved. Additional interventions are not necessary. Security of the premises is taken care of.
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
Regular seasonal maintenance.
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses / collections / links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
- Inventory Book of the Idrija Municipal Museum.
Submitted
Mestni muzej Idrija
Submitted by
Miha Kosmač
Date Submitted
20. 3. 2018
Date Edited
Never