Objects of Desire
Object Turntable II (2024) by Brian Eno
£20,000
As its name suggests, this ever-changing light and sound sculpture is the second turntable designed by the musician, composer and artist Brian Eno – the first collaboration with Paul Stolper gallery was so successful, it was scaled up and used as the stage at U2’s Las Vegas Sphere residency. Currently on show at the London gallery (until 9 March), Turntable II comprises a round platter and base that change colour independently, phasing through combinations of generative “colourscapes”. The patterns of light and the speed at which they change are programmed to alter at random. Produced in a signed edition of 150, it can play both 33 and 45rpm vinyl but when it isn’t in use, it still performs as an ambient sculpture. “It’s the softness of these colours and the way they merge with each other that is so seductive,” Eno explains. We couldn’t agree more.