Saturday 17 December 2011

Prototype: Chewed Gum





A piece of gum I personally chewed, preserved for natural history.

I appreciate gum for its qualities of colour, interactivity, intimacy in use, and its protean descriptions of complex forms. It is an intuitive medium with a fascinating life cycle; packet, wrapper, cubic piece, chewed, discard. Interrupting this cycle by preservation exposes an instant typically overlooked. A unique form is produced and with this I can reflect on areas of uncertainty and infinite possibility.

©ADG2011

Thursday 10 November 2011

The Chewing Cycle: Dynamic Gum Unit

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqs-Mux_uJE&feature=channel_video_title
The Limits of Variation.
The dynamic flux of a rectangular prism of manufactured chemicals, forming patterns through time. The elastic unit, raising entropy, transforms to an exquisitely unique entity.
©ADG2011

Sunday 23 October 2011

Prototype: Junk Geode




The prototype form of a junk geode, it's crystalline interior encased by smooth exterior.
Pizza box (cardboard) and wine bladder (metalized polyester film).
©ADG2011

Saturday 17 September 2011

Friday 5 August 2011

The Duality Of Solids or The Crystalline And The Amorphous.


In an empty room, ten cubes placed in the corner can be arranged as a step pyramid. Once placed in the correct positions the structure is formed and it displays a pure symmetry.



Collecting sphere clusters within the stepped platforms allows a natural expansion to occur.



At this point a membrane covering can freely grow, unifying the aggregating spheres.



Crystalline growth building up from within the surface of the wall extends outwards from an invisible origin into the macroscopic displaying its own unique and dynamic symmetry.



The two forms expand with increasing complexity, encroaching on the previously sterile environment.



Refracted light colours the crystalline growth as fungus-like microorganisms begin covering the decaying biomass pyramid.



A change has occurred.



After toxic mold inspections and a thorough evaluation of the premises by a mycologist, including mold sampling, it is discovered that the fungus is producing potentially hazardous Mycotoxins



The structure must be destroyed and the space sterilized once more.



The experiment has failed, although valuable data was collected and further research will continue.



 ©ADG2011