Video: Atomic Universe Nike Savvas
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Each of us knows what the universe is made of. From molecules, which, in turn, are divided into atoms. In theory, all this sounds familiar and understandable, but have you tried at least once to imagine such a state of affairs in reality? Australian artist Nike Savvas decided to help humanity understand the fundamental foundations of the structure of the world, interpreting dry scientific theory into a vivid installation.
So, imagine: you enter a room where hundreds and thousands of balls of different sizes seem to be frozen in the air. As you get closer, your vision deceives you in the same way it leaves your sense of perspective. How close are you to the installation? Or how far away? Your hand itself stretches forward to find the boundaries of the installation and understand where you are: inside it or outside it. It is unlikely that photographs convey this entire spectrum of sensations, but eyewitnesses claim that the work of Nike Savvas makes just such an impression.
Titled “Atomic: full of love, full of wonder,” Nike's installation is designed to show us the atomic structure of the universe. To do this, the artist hung colorful balls the size of a ping-pong ball on inconspicuous nylon threads. How many are there? Don't even try to count. Better just believe the author, who claims that there are … 100 thousand of them!
The installation, according to Nike Savvas, is in some way the personification of her native Australia. The red shades of the balls at the bottom represent the soils of this continent, and the shades of blue at the top are, of course, the sky. Thus, the artist, who has not been to her homeland for many years, pays tribute to the Australian land.
Nike Savvas is one of the most successful contemporary Australian female artists. After receiving the prestigious Samstag scholarship in 1996, Nike left for London, which has since become her home. The author's exhibitions are regularly held throughout Europe, as well as in the United States. Many of her works have received various awards.
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