Invisibles

Line Describing A Cone 2.0, 2010
Anthony McCall

Anthony McCall (born in 1946, UK) explores invisibility using light and space, turning something immaterial into a sensory experience. His work questions how we see things and invites us to rethink our relationship with what’s visible.

In Line Describing a Cone 2.0 (2010), a simple beam of light slowly draws the shape of a cone in the dark. What was first invisible becomes a sculptural form that viewers can walk through. Instead of projecting images like in traditional cinema, the artist uses light itself—normally unseen—and makes it almost feel solid by using mist.

As visitors move through the beam of light, they change the work: their bodies interact with it, appearing and disappearing depending on the angle. Invisibility becomes something shared—a moving space shaped by the people in it.

Here, the invisible isn’t empty—it’s a space for exploration and transformation, where light and shadow reshape how we see the world.