conceived for the 50th anniversary of the united nations in geneva, the project is a frozen trace of a disappearing dance (a duet) - a capture of movement or differance. materialized as a double tessellated surface of aluminium, both structure and surface, alternately ephemeral or visceral, benign or aggressive, the piece celebrates the potential offered by computer genera(c)tion, the 4000 non-standard components cut and welded with accuracy. design team: mark goulthorpe, zainie zainul, wilf sinclair, rachel doherty, matthieu le savre. computer modelling: michel saup. dancers: joni & jacopo, the frankfurt ballet. engineering: david glover ovearup&p. fabrication: optikinetics. sponsors: guthries, yayasan seni. thanks to: asri ghafar. |