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elastic equilibrium (concurrence) 

projection installation​

2023

Royal College of Art

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elastic equilibrium

(mechanics) 

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The condition of an elastic body in which each volume element of the body is in equilibrium under the combined effect of elastic stresses and externally applied body forces. 

As a way to extend ongoing research on opposing colour values and the level greyness in the moment of perfect equilibrium (see Mutable Values), these works involve two projections showing a simultaneous opposing colour  inversion over 5 minutes. Halfway through the experiment the projections appear identical but only for a split moment. Then we, the viewers experience a delicate tension of visual expectation only to realise that as we anticipate the peak moment of slow inversion, it comes and goes as quietly as every other. 

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Each of the three iterations of the installation—'concurrence', 'tension' , and 'composite truth, after James Turrell'—explores notions of balance, symmetry, and tension, both within the work itself, and extending into the space it occupies, as well as the viewers themselves.

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time flow

merging two extremes

exponential fade

pervasive flux

flatness, as opposed to vastness

materialisation—out of nothing something.

your elastic matter,

pulled by spectral contradictions.

elastic equilibrium  is a research project developed during Christova's Graduate Diploma in Art & Design at the Royal College of Art. 

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elastic equilibrium (tension)  (2023)

2-channel corner projection. Installation view at Royal College of Art, London. 

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elastic equilibrium (composite truth, after James Turrell)  (2023)

2-channel corner projection. Installation view at Royal College of Art, London. 

elastic equilibrium (2023) sketchbook pages. 

elastic equilibrium (2023) sketchbook pages. 

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elastic equilibrium (composite truth)  (2023)  at Royal College of Art, London. 

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