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| DUO-TET STAR POLYHEDRA 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dimensions: 83" x 83" x 83" triangular base 72" high.
Materials: Molded thermalplastic structural tubes and connectors. Bronze tinted and acrylic central octahedron, acrylic and epoxy resin paint. Signed edition of 10 |
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| As a direct embodiment of Fuller's SYNERGETICS principles, this sculpture is both aesthetically elegant and geometricallyinformative. Two intersecting tetrahedra in red and magenta struts are the foundation for this study of polyhedral symmetries. Their combined eight vertices outline a cube, while their points of intersection create the six vertices of an octahedron. The resulting white cube and yellow octahedron are thus situated to illustrate their relationship of "duality", a fundamental property in Topology. The octahedron bisecting the tetrahedron edges produces four smaller tetrahedra, and the ever-present Vector Equilibrum, delineated by chrome struts, is a byproduct of the relationship between the cube and the octahedron. Orange struts show the twelve equivalent radial vectors and display smaller tetrahedral and octahedral units. The result is a maze of information, weaving together so many polyhedral symmetries, that attempts to enumerate all significant relationships are precluded by inevitable new discoveries. This sculpture clarifies Fuller's concept of "Multiplication Only By Division" by starting with the simplest possible structure, thetetrahedron. and through progressive subdivision, generating the more complex polyhedra. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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