Chapter 9: The Bulk: Frameworks I

Speaker 0 00:00:00 Chapter nine, the bulk frameworks, one, this chapter describes Joel Tom's sculpture. The bulk, the chapter is two minutes and 17 seconds long. If he reach out gently, you may touch the slowly rotating sculpture. Speaker 1 00:00:17 The final component of inland that we are examining is called the bulk frameworks. One, one of two large scale sculptures that are suspended from the 19 foot high ceiling in front of you. It is four feet by four feet by four feet and hangs three feet from the ground. The form of the sculpture is called a hypercube or N cube. Here's a more in-depth description. This large cube frame is created using silver slotted steel angle irons, which creates smaller cubes that interlock to create the whole piece. There are no faces to the cubes, only edges. And although there are many overlapping metal pieces in the center, the gallery wall remains visible through the sculpture. The object hangs from the ceiling by one of its corners so that the square is turned 45 degrees. Speaker 1 00:01:15 The main body of the sculpture consists of four cubes. Two stacked onto the interior of the form holds additional parallel and perpendicular angle irons. More angle irons come out from the two larger faces of the square. They come to a point that holds a Cornell lens, which is the size of an adult hand for now. Lenses are compact composite lenses that have a magnifying capability. They are used in lighthouses to amplify the interior light so that it is visible from greater distances. The metal is a hard, dull gray with oval holes that repeat every inter. So along the entire length of each piece, the for Nell lens refracts, any light in the gallery, and there are rainbows inside it. As the sculpture rotates slowly with the help of a disco ball motor, it creates a flat, dense and changeable shadow on the wooden floor below. Speaker 0 00:02:16 To hear more about this sculpture, including interpretations and prompts, stay at the stop and play the next track. Chapter 10, otherwise move to the next artwork of the tour and play chapter 12. The next stop is in a room that is 20 meters away, the small arm of the gallery's L-shaped floor plan. Follow the path on the floor.