ferrofluid is a liquid that becomes polarized when surrounded by a magnetic field. artists sachiko kodama and yasushi miyajima placed their majestic sculpture on a plate that holds ferrofluid and then set the piece to tetsuhide hidaka’s music, which plays a prominent role in ‘morpho towers – two standing spirals’. the sculptures are linked to move synthetically to the music and when there is no sound, the fluid falls down into the plate.
if no magnetic field is present, we see two simple spiral shapes created with an electromagnet and a sculpted iron core. but my-oh-my, when the magnetic field around the sculpture is strengthened, the spirals morph into a variety of fragmented shapes that rotate around the structure.
“As there are two towers in the installation, complicated expressions of surfaces become possible. Each tower’s surface pulsates, like one creature calling to the other.Fluid moves synthetically with the music, as if it breathes, and the condition of the fluid’s surface emerges as autonomous and complex.”
read more about this phenomenal work of art and watch the video here. the movie was slow to download from their website (although the picture quality was much better) so if you are impatient, you can also view it here on youtube.
i’m hoping for my own transformation this weekend when i attend the dan cormier and tracy holmes’ workshop in philly. keep your fingers crossed…
have a great weekend – see you monday!
wow…..just wow