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Installation · Performance

Everything and Nothing

Large-scale sculptural installation centered on a 320sqft mandala-sand painting of a subatomic particle collision

Concept

Joining modern technolgy and data visualization with the ancient processe of mandala sand painting to express the scaling of time and linear dimensions

The work was created during a 30 day "endurance perfromance" at the Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn,NY
The piece was destroyed during the final performance

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Process

Work was created using ancient tools and materials. Using hand made tools and hand dyed powdered marble. The image was based on raw data from a particle collision event (curtesy of Femi National Laboratory)

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Expressing subatomic time and linerar dimensionality with a meditaion on the beauty and impermanence of life

Details

Year
2018
Materials
Sculptural installation, performance, video and sound
Dimensions
4000sqft installation
Credits
Patrick Gallagher ~ Chris Klapper