This full-room installation delves into the inseparable relationship between our tangible surroundings and the imperceptible forces that govern the natural world. The exhibition features a room filled with magnetic spheres that either levitate or pendulate as they interact with magnetic fields. Each system consists of a magnetic sphere and two coils. When a coil emits a magnetic field, the sphere levitates near it, manifesting the field’s intangible presence. When the field dissipates, the sphere pendulates freely, propelled by gravity.
As a whole, the installation behaves like a collective—a sort of organism composed of interrelated parts that function together. Controlled by a probabilistic code, the spheres exhibit both individual and collective behaviors. Amidst the randomness, moments of synchronized stillness and synchronized activity emerge, evoking a living entity that constantly self-generates.
Dialogue with the Primordial Sea explores the complex interplay between the tangible and intangible, the individual and the collective, chance and organization, and self-organizing processes in nature. By engaging with these phenomena, the installation unveils underlying dynamics that shape our humanity and our world.
dialogue with the primordial sea, 2024
2024 Knight Foundation Digital Commissions Series, Locust Projects
Magnetic spheres interacting with electromagnetic fields and gravity
Dimensions variable
Undetermined duration

