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elastic equilibrium (concurrence) 

projection installation

2023

Royal College of Art

elastic equilibrium

(mechanics) 

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. 

Each of the three iterations of the installation—'concurrence', 'tension' , and 'composite truthafter 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.

time flow

merging two extremes

exponential fade

pervasive flux

flatness, as opposed to vastness

materialisationout 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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