Edge of Space #62

Atoms react and materials move, yet our instinct is often to dampen these forces: we build to last, to comfort, to protect – and in doing so, we delineate space with structures that masquerade as static. Dynamism is reduced to an imperceptible tremor. ‘Edge of Space’ sets in motion a process for making structures that are deliberately loose and constantly evolving. The curves and surfaces delineating and connecting regions of space are not directly derived, but instead emerge from a choreography of influences between rendered material and systems of hidden forces. Contrast and color – a mapping of the orientation of rendered elements as they move through space – serve to highlight the underlying dynamics driving these structures as they fluctuate between formation and dissolution. Like the movement of mountains over millennia or rip currents between tides, structures and transformations are closely intertwined. It is this elemental idea that I wish to articulate with this work.