29 Sept 2011

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.

    17 Sept 2011

    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.