Strange Attractors
(2010)
A Strange Attractor...
It's a mathematical concept, where a trajectory of a graph seems to be attracted to certain point(s)/line(s)/plane(s) in a seemingly unpredictable manner.
Does that exist in a life one experience? Can i observe that in my short life? And can i feel that math through my life?
"Aki Sasamoto’s contribution to 2010, Strange Attractors, consists of the careful arrangement of sculpturally altered found objects and insistent repetitions of performances that alter and add to the feelings of the installation; the objects themselves provide guidance for the artist’s structured improvisation. Sasamoto demonstrates and develops a kaleidoscopic worldview out of deeply personal episodes and a hypothetical mapping of the universe. In an attempt to understand and
feel the mathematical concept of strange attractors in dynamical systems, she jumbles her recent obsession for doughnuts, fortunetellers, hemorrhoids, and things detected in the world."
Donuts, a video produced by Whitney Museum.
'Strange Attractors' by Aki Sasmaoto, a video interview by New York Times, T Magazine.
道端で拾って改造したモノ、スチールとプラスチックの彫刻、音声や動画用の機材、身体を綿密な計算に基づいて配置したインスタレーション作品。ビデオカメラが液体プラスチックで固めたコップの彫刻に混じってぶらさがり、観客やパフォーマーの動きを捉える。カメラも、人間も、テーブルにはめ込まれたプロジェクターも、皆動くように設計されている。ローレンツ方程式を中心にストレンジ・アトラクターと呼ばれる数学の概念が、空間構成ないしパフォーマンスのそこかしこに見え隠れする。パフォーマンスでは、占い師、ドーナッツ、痔に関する個人的な体験が、社会的兼数学的講義として語られる。会期中、方程式のグラフにヒントを得て、６と９がつく日に計１２回のパフォーマンスを実施した。
Image Slideshow
Video Documentation (5min excerpt)
[Photo/Video: Arturo Vidich]
- Appearance -
February 25 - May 30, 2010
Whitney Biennial: 2010
Whitney Museum of American Art.
(Room installation throughout the exhibition, with twelve performances on the selected dates that include the numerals 6 or 9, at 4pm, A.K.A. 16:00)
December 18, 2010 - January 29, 2011
Strange Attractors (solo show)
Take Ninagawa, Tokyo.
*Performance scheduled on December 19, 26 and January 9, 16, 29 from 16oo hrs
A Strange Attractor...
It's a mathematical concept, where a trajectory of a graph seems to be attracted to certain point(s)/line(s)/plane(s) in a seemingly unpredictable manner.
Does that exist in a life one experience? Can i observe that in my short life? And can i feel that math through my life?
"Aki Sasamoto’s contribution to 2010, Strange Attractors, consists of the careful arrangement of sculpturally altered found objects and insistent repetitions of performances that alter and add to the feelings of the installation; the objects themselves provide guidance for the artist’s structured improvisation. Sasamoto demonstrates and develops a kaleidoscopic worldview out of deeply personal episodes and a hypothetical mapping of the universe. In an attempt to understand and
feel the mathematical concept of strange attractors in dynamical systems, she jumbles her recent obsession for doughnuts, fortunetellers, hemorrhoids, and things detected in the world."
Donuts, a video produced by Whitney Museum.
'Strange Attractors' by Aki Sasmaoto, a video interview by New York Times, T Magazine.
道端で拾って改造したモノ、スチールとプラスチックの彫刻、音声や動画用の機材、身体を綿密な計算に基づいて配置したインスタレーション作品。ビデオカメラが液体プラスチックで固めたコップの彫刻に混じってぶらさがり、観客やパフォーマーの動きを捉える。カメラも、人間も、テーブルにはめ込まれたプロジェクターも、皆動くように設計されている。ローレンツ方程式を中心にストレンジ・アトラクターと呼ばれる数学の概念が、空間構成ないしパフォーマンスのそこかしこに見え隠れする。パフォーマンスでは、占い師、ドーナッツ、痔に関する個人的な体験が、社会的兼数学的講義として語られる。会期中、方程式のグラフにヒントを得て、６と９がつく日に計１２回のパフォーマンスを実施した。
Image Slideshow
Video Documentation (5min excerpt)
[Photo/Video: Arturo Vidich]
- Appearance -
February 25 - May 30, 2010
Whitney Biennial: 2010
Whitney Museum of American Art.
(Room installation throughout the exhibition, with twelve performances on the selected dates that include the numerals 6 or 9, at 4pm, A.K.A. 16:00)
December 18, 2010 - January 29, 2011
Strange Attractors (solo show)
Take Ninagawa, Tokyo.
*Performance scheduled on December 19, 26 and January 9, 16, 29 from 16oo hrs