The Kessler Syndrome is a scenario in which the high density of space debris orbiting Earth creates the possibility that a single collision between objects could cause an infinite cascade of collisions, rendering space exploration and the use of satellites unfeasible. The work for this project is comprised of castings of older work, grafts and agglutinations of wood, paint, and acrylic mediums; processes modeled on the interaction of debris in orbit. Questions about recursivity, material agency, and human involvement in hyperobject-scaled phenomena direct the project.
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scale and system is a reconfigurable, site-specific installation of paint-objects constructed through a process of accumulation and marking, where in paint is applied to wood and then removed. The procedure and resulting installation mediate different perspectives on how times and spaces are demarcated, stored, and arranged, within the expanding and ludic discourse on non-human agency and ecology.
As an accompaniment to this project, a compendium of text and physical samples which score a relationship between trees, wood, paint, and plastic, called the de-limner, is currently being worked on. |
Dark matter, something which (along with dark energy) comprises a staggering 96% of the universe, is completely disparate from everyday human experience. The work for this project is constructed through physical processes that focus on spaces of absence/abscess– traces of things that aren't present.
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© matt martin 2019
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