In
the midst of work on the Anolatabulata and Con(jug)ate series,
helical form was given a boost when, as an experiment, a paired
string of annuli were welded together.
The first pair went back to back then annuli added so that both
sides became of helical string. The accum-ulating sculpture
first formed an asymptotic cone but, once past the point at
which the diameter of the resultant shape was larger than the
diameter of the contributing annuli, began to frill.
1: "Open" 1977. c.
12'D. Vinyl. 2. 3. 4. 5 : Show variations due to differences
in annuli diameter.
6: "Plainsong - Proportion"
1977. 9' x various at the Columbus Museum of Art.
7: Studio 1977.
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An exhilarating experience. In contrast to
the closed systems of the Anolatabulata and Con(jug)ate series,
adding elements made sculpture with a continuously expanding
perimeter. I imagined it filling the studio, spilling down
the elevator, into the road, whirling and deconstructing..
Thus "Open" became a metaphor for the expanding
Universe. 8: "Open dot drawing" 18"x24".
Avery coding dots on paper 9: "Universe
Print" 1979. Vinyl ink on vinyl. c. 52"D. 9
10: "Jacob's Ladder" 1979 c. 17x4'x3'.
11: 'Drawing from Jacob's Ladder" 1979. Tape on
chart paper. 4'x6'.
These pieces, unlike several of the aspects
of Anolatabulata and Con(jug)ates, of little interest to the
mathematicians, for me were majical and mysterious. Accordingly
for the next several years I made numerous variations attempting
to understand the way in which the tornado-like funnels whirled
inwards in one direction, until reaching a moment of equilibrium
that set them whirling outward the other way.
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