Exhibitions
∙ Gibbs Farm, Kaukapakapa, New Zealand, 1997 - present

Description
Electrum or Electrum (for Len Lye) (Len Lye being a New Zealand artist), is a sculpture by Eric Orr built around the world's largest Tesla coil. 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. 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. Part of Eric Orr’s presentation of the piece, was a performance of sitting within the Tesla Coil while the lighting was going off, emulating the historic photograph of Tesla in the original Tesla Coil. The top, spherical electrode of the sculpture is large enough to hold a human. The piece was the subject of a 2000 documentary, "Electrum: Science as Art" and the 2011 documentary Lightning Dreams, by Alberta Chu.