Materials: Polished aluminum, etched copper, stainless steel
Edition of 25
Signature etched in metal
424 Findlay St.. Cincinnati, Ohio 45214 USA
phone 513 621 0069
fax 513 621 6310
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| COMPLEX OF JITTERBUGS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| COMPLEX OF JITTERBUGS (Detail in open position) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions 35" diameter (top) x 72" high (includingbase). Materials: Polished aluminum, etched copper, stainless steel Edition of 25 Signature etched in metal |
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| COMPLEX OF JITTERBUGS 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In this kinetic sculpture, eleven single cell jitterbugs coordinate, producing a complex array of Vector Equilibria alternating with octahedra which, even when static, presents a spectacular display of two complementary polyhedra combining in a space filling arrangement. The entire sculpture transforms kinetically, octahedra expanding into Vector Equilibria and Vector Equilibria contracting into octahedra, each cell going through an intermediary icosahedral phase. Fuller calls this transformational interchange "spheres becoming spaces and spaces becoming spheres." The translation of abstract mathematical concept to physical realization is both an engineering feat and an aesthetic triumph. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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