Friday, March 7, 2014

Peeling the Corner of the Sphere


                    The projection mapped onto the concentric layers of a (Riemann) sphere are a rare odd lattice formed from double, triple point nodes {3, 2} forming a high level of symmetry. These are stretched over the "corner." I want to make art that shows the kinds of structures and order in Hindu, Islamic and Christian architecture and ornament. These designs and patterning are far more sophisticated than our puny modern aesthetic allows. Not to mention the beautiful pre technological mathematics that was done without all the alienating "Symbolic Language." The symbols are in the Rose Windows, Flying Buttresses, Ribbed Vaults, Key Stones and Pointed Arches. Not to forget celestial domes and the sacred thresholds. We live at the gates of heaven and man does not see it.