The Gravity-Shifting Sculptures of Mariko Mori
Mariko Mori presents 7 new sculptures that push the boundaries of new materials, techniques, and far-out scientific theories.
Mariko Mori’s current exhibition ?Invisible Dimension?, on view this month at Sean Kelly Gallery, presents 7 new sculptures that push the boundaries of new materials, techniques, and far-out scientific theories.
These sculptures are inspired by cutting-edge astrophysics theories, notably ?Ekpyrotic Universe? (stay with me on this). As I understand it, the idea posits that the Big Bang was not the beginning, but something more like the middle: a cyclical collision of 2 parallel universes. That?s not why I love these sculptures, nor will I dive farther into theories I barely understand, but if you DO want to venture into this scientific rabbit-hole, here?s a short explanation on YouTube from the physicist himself. I should also note that Mariko Mori takes her research and knowledge of science incredibly seriously, as evidenced in her interview in Brooklyn Rail, but you the viewer DO NOT need to understand any of that to be mesmerized by this show.
Cycloid V, 2017-2018
Ekpyrotic String VI, 2016-2017
The two central sculptures, ?Cycloid V? and ?Ekpyrotic String VI? have an alien-like pearlescent surface, structurally made from stainless steel & glass fiber reinforced polymer. And unlike anything I?ve ever seen, they EMBRACE the columns in the gallery, as if those columns have a greater gravity than the floor. Their placement and ...
Mariko Mori’s current exhibition ?Invisible Dimension?, on view this month at Sean Kelly Gallery, presents 7 new sculptures that push the boundaries of new materials, techniques, and far-out scientific theories.
These sculptures are inspired by cutting-edge astrophysics theories, notably ?Ekpyrotic Universe? (stay with me on this). As I understand it, the idea posits that the Big Bang was not the beginning, but something more like the middle: a cyclical collision of 2 parallel universes. That?s not why I love these sculptures, nor will I dive farther into theories I barely understand, but if you DO want to venture into this scientific rabbit-hole, here?s a short explanation on YouTube from the physicist himself. I should also note that Mariko Mori takes her research and knowledge of science incredibly seriously, as evidenced in her interview in Brooklyn Rail, but you the viewer DO NOT need to understand any of that to be mesmerized by this show.
Cycloid V, 2017-2018
Ekpyrotic String VI, 2016-2017
The two central sculptures, ?Cycloid V? and ?Ekpyrotic String VI? have an alien-like pearlescent surface, structurally made from stainless steel & glass fiber reinforced polymer. And unlike anything I?ve ever seen, they EMBRACE the columns in the gallery, as if those columns have a greater gravity than the floor. Their placement and ...
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