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CloudForm 09.09
installed at The BOB as part of ArtPrize 2009, Grand Rapids, MI
1000+ pieces of paper vellum, sewn and folded into hundreds of forms, suspended
throughout five floor atrium
Understanding, knowing - these are
in continuous flux as we find new ways to see, to perceive our world. When Turner gazed towards the sky to paint clouds he
saw fluffy animated forms which allowed him to paint with abandon, with a knowing of the state of constant change that clouds
were. The cloud presented here stems from the same desire for understanding, only seen through a lens of contemporary perception.
Our understanding of clouds is more informed than our personal subjective emotive responses. The structure of clouds, like
the structure of most of our "natural" world, is highly regular. Clouds are composed of ice particles and water droplets,
light plays upon these structures and creates forms and shadows. In Cloud Form 09.09 I present a matrix, a filter for light
to play through. The interface presents an opportunity to experience an environment, to study the relationship between light
and form, between space and viewer.
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