Fundamental Entities Installation, September 2022
| Description: |
Artists Proposal: Fundamental Entities is an installation composed of hemp ropes and copper tubing that represent the concepts of string theory. At the top and bottom of these ropes the copper is bent into spirals, representing a conductive element that produces power. This piece will be 16 feet tall, and 8 feet wide, with 64 ropes connecting the tubing. Each of the ropes will be dyes with an acrylic paint wash to represent a gradient of skin colors that are interconnected within a community. String theory explains how everything in time and space is related, Each atom that makes up any physical structure is made of vibrating strings of energy. Essentially, this means all of the objects in our universe are composed and connected by little strings. The piece promotes anti-discrimination by challenging social constructs such as race, with the simplified fact that we are all made of the same things.The natural material of the rope lend to the idea of natural connection. If one rope were to carry all of the weight of the sculpture, the form would be broken. Given the tension we see on a daily basis created by news outlets and current events, communities would be stronger together when facing controversy. Fundamental Entities is representative of the strength of community, a visual celebration of the ways in which we are fundamentally connected.Investigating the basics of science can aid in the process of ending negative social cycles and introducing new, more inclusive ways of being. By transferring these concepts into art, this sculpture visually suggests we can forget learned and inherited ways of survival based on biological phenotypes, and find connection, strength, and longevity. |
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| Created By: |
Gross, Colleen |
| Contributor(s): |
IUPUI University Library; Fischler Society |
| Publisher: |
Herron Art Library |
| Source: |
http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ULAS/id/586 |
| Collection: |
IUPUI University Library Atrium Sculpture |
| Copyright: |
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This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Indiana State Library.