Installation — robotic drawings, magnetic system, metallized clothing. Neodymium magnets, laser-cut aluminum, Fresnel lens, paper 707×1000 mm. The drawings document rocks transformed by the Inter Solaris kinetic sculpture.
BASIC INFORMATION
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
CONTEXT AND ORIGIN
ARTWORK CONCEPT
EXHIBITIONS
CONNECTIONS
Series
Inter Solaris
ID
2020-IS-RS-01
Date of origin
14.2.2020
Technique
Installation — robotic arm, print, magnetic system
Dimensions
Site-specific
Duration
Passive — static magnetic attraction
Software
Polargraph — open-source coordinate plotter controlling pen position by calculating lengths of two cords from upper motors to a moving pen carriage
Hardware
Robotic arm, neodymium magnets, laser-cut aluminum, Fresnel lens, paper 707×1000 mm
Data source
Rocks transformed by the Sun — redrawn by robotic arm. Invisible geometry of magnetic field lines serves as connecting element between installation components
Interaction
Passive. The drawings and the disassembled Inter Solaris function as relics from the previous outdoor performance
Location of origin
Atrium na Žižkově / Prague / Czech Republic
Type of exhibition
Gallery installation
Curator
Petr Vaňous
Photo
Author archive
Author of text
Kryštof Brůha
Key concepts
Processual reproduction, relic, magnetic field line, robotic drawing, geological memory
Text title
Resonare de Inter Solaris: Processual Relic of Kinetic Sculpture
Date
Exhibition
14.2.2020
Resonare De INTER Solaris — Atrium na Žižkově, Prague
Series
Related works
Inter Solaris
Inter Solaris (2019) — predecessor, original kinetic sculpture
Inter Solaris
Resonare De INTER Solaris / video story (2020) — video essay, further development of the theme
CONCEPT
The installation Resonare de Inter Solaris follows the previous work Inter Solaris. It was a kinetic sculpture capable of melting and transforming fragments of local rocks using sunlight in various outdoor environments. The Inter Solaris actions aimed to capture a unique moment that was inscribed into the rock through melting. The rock served not only as a medium but also as evidence of the place where the action took place, and the resulting artifact of the entire process.
The original work Inter Solaris now undergoes further transformation. Its parts are disassembled and arranged into new constellations. The invisible geometry of magnetic field lines, with which the sculpture works, serves here as a connecting element through which individual components communicate. The main artifact, which was originally the rock melted by sunlight, is here a series of drawings created by the robotic arm. This processual reproduction of rocks suggests their further progressive analysis and creates a relic of past actions of the kinetic sculpture Inter Solaris.
