Electrum or Electrum (for Len Lye) (
Len Lye being a New Zealand artist), is a 1998 sculpture by
Eric Orr and Greg Leyh built around the world's largest
Tesla coil.[1] The coil stands 11.5 meters (37 feet) in height, operates at power levels up to 130,000 watts, and produces 3 million volts on its spherical top terminal.[2] The sculpture is currently installed in a private area at
Gibbs Farm in Kaukapakapa in
New Zealand, a sculpture park art collection of businessman
Alan Gibbs.[3][4][5][6] The top, spherical electrode of the sculpture is large enough to hold a human.[7] The piece was the subject of a 2000 documentary, "Electrum: Science as Art" and the 2011 documentary Lightning Dreams, by Alberta Chu.[8][9]
References
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^Weed, William Speed (January 2, 2004). "Tower of Power". Current Science. pp. 4–5.