emerging pictures

I took snap-shots out of the emerging picture drawn by the movements of the mobile. By way of example, the picture above shows three snap-shots from two dripping bags (elements) of my mobile.
On top the early stage. After a short turbulent movement, one can 'read' out of the lines that the elements rotated clockwise. One element followed the other. Both did a loop and after this the lines changed their direction. One element is following the other - the interaction is a kind of 'imitation' but the elements are still moving individual.

a question of scale

To get a fine and filligree picture out of  my mobiles movement, I switched to another scale.

Now I have to think how to use this pictures best.

In addidion I have to say: the sound of the flowing and later on dripping colours was just great. If this project get's to a performance, all the features (sound, light) must arise out of the mobiles elements and they're movement.

sand

Thinking about the way how to get a much more filligree image of the mobiles movement (elements movement) I came cross the idea to work with sand. This could be a 'positive drawing (see my post 'element bag'). But it could also be a 'negative drawing'. See what I found!

element sinker

I'd like to get movement pictures which are far more filligree than the ones I got from the colour bag.
Experiment: colour sinker

Result: definitely not matching my expectations! But at least it looks nice...

element bag

Thinking about 'flexible elements' the easiest way to realise a model is to have elements which are flexible in weight.

Experiment: little bag filled with colour.

Result: the little bag is twirling and twisting around. The less colour left in it the slower it gets. AND I like the drawing of the movement!

mobile elements

It's all about the elements of a mobile - like its all about the individuals of a 'system' ; )
To get a mobile having interesting movements and unexpectet incidents, the elements must be dissimilar e.g. flexible in weight. Or the hanging system needs to be flexible.

The elements itself never affect on each other directly – it's always the system they are part of, which exert influence to the other elements.

mobile vocabulary

This sketch explains my 'mobile-vocabulary'.

One can see three different mobiles with always five hanging elements.

Mobile Nr. I shows a basic system. All elements are part of one system only.

Mobile Nr. II shows the basic system with two added systems. One system with two, the other one with three hanging elements.

Mobile Nr. III shows the basic system with three added systems whereat two systems are interconnected.

With mobile Nr.III it gets obvious that mobiles can be complex. Within this complexity it gets more interesting to observe them. With regard to the movements of the elements basically nothing new happens. The movements of the single elements are similar – they can swing, they can twist cw or the other way round, they can turn slowly or quickly and they can bounce. The systems where the elements are part of, are describing the main way and the direction.

High-wire artist Philippe Petit

Balancing on a high wire is a very pure form of 'playing with Balance'. The absurdity of Philippe Petits walk a few hundred Metres over New York Citys streets, decreases in the moment I see the act as a whole.
Without questioning it's a bodacious ability to stay in balance. But more than this it shows the extreme incertitude of our existence, the value of every single step even if it's a very small one. Philippe Petit is able to walk over the high wire just because he is permanent successful not to fall down!

Petit gives a monologue. He interacts just with himself, there's no other influence on his balance than his own movements - regardless of the wind.
I'd like to find a way showing the correlation of two or more 'elements' searching their balance as an individual in a system.

portfolio now online!