First Helices
Commissioned through an Art and Technology grant, obtained by Charles Csuri for the 1974 Columbus Art Festival, I made a large two-part version of the Archimedes Spiral. But, not fully understanding the geometry or the physics of these pieces, I accidentally cut a larger flat vinyl spiral than could be used. The left over outer circles, with appropriate spacers, became the snake-like Archimedes Roll and the vertical DNA.
|
|
After getting a rough understanding of the importance of mismatching pairs of annuli, variations on the simple torus were introduced: Summer Helices made in the Fall of 1974 based on (c), and Dance and Untitled (Helices) of 74-75, a bit more explorative, based on (d). |
|
Over time my work came to be entirely about spirals. This is because spiral geometry apppears to underly almost all natural phenomena and thus, in my work, is a metaphor for the life process. However, in 1975 I hit a wall, eventually breeched by a stumbling entry into three dimensional projection of a Yin Yang disc subdivision. This became the basic geometry of the Anolatabulata and Conjugate sequences which occupied the period between 1975 and 1979. |
|
1. Archimedes Excursion, 1974. 2 part. Vinyl. c. 10'x60'x10'. 2. Detail: Archimedes Excursion. 3. DNA, '73-74. Vinyl and polyethelene. C. 16'x5'x5'. 4. Archimedes Roll, 1974. Vinyl. c.5'x25'x5'. 5. Summer Helices, 1974. Vinyl. 10'x25'x10. 6. Diagram of basic plans include: a) Potential c) Summer Helices d) Dance. 7. Dance, 75/6. Vinyl. c. 3'x3'x30'. 8. Untitled 75. Soft Vinyl. c. 3'x20'x3'.
|
provenance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|