2007. Lead crystal. 38 x 38 x 8 cm.
The perceptual disruption of highly refractive, transparent materials can thus be understood as an intrusion of non-Euclidean space into our seemingly stable everyday world of three co-ordinates, or alternatively as macro-scale, involute, extra dimensions, what a mathematician might call manifolds.
Category: Project Work
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Hidden Dimensions
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Footmap
2009. Patented reactive concrete paving. Dimensions variable.
1st Prize: BCA Innovations in Concrete & 2nd Prize, International Concrete Design Competition. A paving slab whose appearance and texture change in response to pedestrian traffic, creating a visual and tactile record that adds functionality and character. Every pedestrian becomes a participant, inscribing the history of that space’s use, and creating a form of intuitively understood signage.
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Once Given Universe
2007. Plywood, emulsion paint, fluorescent light. Dimensions variable.
How frequently do we see what we have learnt to see, rather than what is actually there? In this installation, Light, and our perception of it, is both subject and medium. Is one half of the wall darker, or is the other lighter? A relativistic optical illusion conceals the underlying unity. In the context of Delhi, a city that I experienced as deeply segregated, the work reminds us of the importance of a shared conception of space. Installation created at KHOJ studios in Delhi, during an Arts Council International Fellowship.
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Once Given Universe
2007. Plywood, emulsion paint, fluorescent light. Dimensions variable.
How frequently do we see what we have learnt to see, rather than what is actually there? In this installation, Light, and our perception of it, is both subject and medium. Is one half of the wall darker, or is the other lighter? A relativistic optical illusion conceals the underlying unity. In the context of Delhi, a city that I experienced as deeply segregated, the work reminds us of the importance of a shared conception of space. Installation created at KHOJ studios in Delhi, during an Arts Council International Fellowship.
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HOT
Group show
Collyer Bristow
Curated by Tamar Arnon
July 2007
London WC1R 4DF
Image: Watercolour (detail)