Compound I : New Project

The mathematically logical extension of the triangles leads us to cubes - a metaphor for space, the media in which we create. Although my reading on such subjects has been confined to Western popular science journals, I was pleased to read in the course readings about the Tongan concept of time and space, ta and va, and of the beating of ta, and the need to nurture the space.
Folding the triangles through another dimension creates cubes, a fundamental metaphor for space, the media in which hall happens. It brings to mind the Kaaba -the empty space enclosed by a cubic structure that is at the heart of Muslim representations of the Creator. Malevich in his separatist manifesto saw the black square in a similar fashion. I find I am fascinated by the isometric cube with its ambiguous presence. Is is empty or full. This is a suitable metaphor for the fullness and emptiness in one concept of a number of faiths. When the points are counted, they number 6, which conveniently matches the structure of the carbon atom - the building block of all life. With this basic media established, I intend to launch on a celebration of all life. Additional input for Richard Fahey my tutor, regarding the possibility of tessellating these forms in the manner of the Romans and Venetians, in which they are interlocked into each other is a very exciting one that opens the possibilities to creating a larger effect on another scale. I am intrigued by the use of tessellating by modern artists such as Justin Marshall.
http://www.justinmarshall.co.uk/process%20pages/tilesprocess.html

The notion of creating a large work that is composed of many tessellated parts, at varying scales, that might produce a whole more than the sum of the parts is very exciting and challenging. I can also draw links to the work of Keith Tyson, whose Wide Field Array project which is composed of many small parts in order to convey a bigger message. Tyson was inspired by the application of a large number of smaller telescopes arranged in a grid in order order to capture a bigger picture. http://www.keithtyson.com/#/projects/largefieldarray/exhibitions/
When isometric cubes are tesselated, their immediate resemblance to what we think a fly might see with its compound eye immediately produced the trully satisfying pun : Compound I, an excellent platform from which to celebrate all of life as it emerges from a common source. The gaze of God if you will.