summer 2013

Abstracting Physics Art

 

 Art and science have  collided for this project.This is one of a series of images. I was looking at how artists look see and examine the world in terms of still life and objects.Scientists look at objects as things too. These images abstractly represent the stuff inhabiting the universe of quantum physics.

collapsing the wave function art piece

There are a lot of quantum physics references in this piece.  I find the connections between art and physics fascinating. Artists spend a lot of time, examining, looking and seek out different perspectives and ways of seeing. Artists like physicists know that the act of observing, changes things.

 Mixed media diptych on wood panels. Each piece  measures 30 x30 cms or approx a foot squared. They hang approx 1/2 inch from wall and can be arranged  in various ways,close together or separately.


collapsing the wave function explained

Abstracting paper shapes

 Making abstract paper shapes by shifting, mixing and composing.

oganicky cell like shapes

I am making more shapes and trying out few things, cardboard and black tape, I like the negative shapes and the cell like feel the multiples make however they have ended up looking like rolls of tape!! back to drawing board, im trying to create a flowing network that isn't made up of perfect components.

structures that draw attention to structure

These are small scale 3d structures made of cardboard and painted, I pinned them up and was making random flowing pattens . I really spent a lot of time looking at how they relate to eachother, a large amount of these could make a very interesting pattern.I really enjoyed the lovely patterns the shadows made at different times of the day. I  am wondering how to scale up to much larger size, even just one or maybe a few together.

metaphors for science objects and still life

I have been making stuff, stuff to look at, to analyse and  move around.  I am still exploring the notion of object, and existence in physical space.   Object being a word that could mean or represent objects in physics, information data, cells, thoughts, atoms, material or symbols etc.

In painting, the “space between” is called the negative space.Traditional still life examines these notions.

I am intrigued by this interim space.

I am asking what gets hidden and lost in negative space?

Is cyberspace an inherently lonely or connecting place?

Is it vague and ambiguous?

 

Here are some photos I took intentionally  out of focus. It's uncomfortable trying to focus. Its hard to see.

Objects need a frame and a context .

 

structures that look like?

i am cutting up paper and cardboard boxes and making structures, i like how they are falling together.

nets working

I am making different types of systems and networks for this art project. Here is an interesting look at networks  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJmGrNdJ5Gw

network

I am interested and  experimenting with the notion of networks. Here is the start of something!!!

line and grid

Tea coloured stains