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The Sights and Sounds of the Cosmos (Opus 2)

宇宙的景象和声音

2019

Shanghai International Paper Art Biennale

China

The exploration of the theme of the Cosmos continued from the Lucca Biennale into the Shanghai Biennale with a new work developing on the theme of folds representing the complexity of the university. The structure of the universe is represented by acts of folding and unfolding. When the Hubble Space Telescope peers far into the outer reaches of the cosmos, it retrieves images of spectacular nebula clusters swirling into existence, galaxies merging into each other, suns exploding, black holes colliding and comets whooshing through the vastness of space. This is apparently a kind of superlative chaos at its most magnificent, a kind of galactic dance. But a complex order underlines this chaos. These actions create unimaginable vibrations, but the vacuum of space means there is no sound. We see the images only and cannot even imagine what the sound of millions of stars crashing into each other could be like. To the human ear and its limited spectrum, it is all silence. The chaos of the universe is an unbelievable silence to us. This sculpture sought to showcase this dichotomy by creating dynamic visuals of a nebula turning in on itself, in the process of becoming circular from an initial linear state. The visuals are observed by us in complete silence and we can only imagine what the universe might sound like if we could hear the turning of a billion stars. Astrophysicists are already working to hear the sounds of the universe - https://goo.gl/yq5kPL ; I am convinced that all the hidden realities of our cosmos are tucked within the folds of this simplest of geometric techniques. One day, we will understand more.

© Ankon Mitra. All rights reserved.

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