Diverging is the opposite of converging. It happens when ideas, people and waves take different paths and things begin to differentiate.
Artwork Details
Title:
“Diverging Waves,”
Year:
2024
Medium (Type of Art):
assembled sculpture;
Unique Feature:
born from an unexpected collaboration inspired by branches left by a bird on my windowsill; the artwork was activated in a theater’s black box, a human-sized camera obscura, accompanied by music from Planatia and words by Vincenzo Fiore Marrese;
Medium (Materials):
natural raffia, original bird x-ray, non-directional metallic enamelled wire, coloured polypropylene packing tape with acrylate adhesive, branches;
This artwork arises from a respectful collaboration with nature, inspired by branches left by a bird on my windowsill. The x-ray, a found object, serves as a reminder of the natural world, honoring its contributions without appropriation.
Part of a Research Cluster
This artwork is part of the Coincidental Creatures research cluster, which explores the intersections between artistic practice and living beings. To learn more about the ongoing research and related works, please visit the Research Cluster page.
Establishing Context
Diverging is the opposite of converging. It happens when ideas, people and waves take different paths and things begin to differentiate.
One morning, a bird unexpectedly dropped branches from the sky onto my windowsill.
I took the branches and began to design a collaborative animal artwork, adding some raffia and an original x-ray of a bird, a kind of “deferred photographic image” to make the vision of the body structure immediate.