Cosmic Flaccids, Supines, and Languids or The Expanding Universe
Cosmic Flaccids, Supines, and Languids or The Expanding Universe (after Laurie Spiegel)
Marshmallows, Jelly Tots, wooden cocktail sticks and skewers, 155cm x 144cm x 33cm, 2022-2023
The forms include the 5 platonic solids also known as the cosmic solids, a star tetrahedron, vector equilibrium (aka geometry of the heart), as well as a rhombic dodecahedron.
The platonic solids are 3D polyhedra where each face is identical. In alchemical texts each form is associated with one of the five elements. The tetrahedron represents fire; the hexahedron, earth; the octahedron, air; the icosahedron, water; and the dodecahedron, ether (combining fire, earth, air and water).
The star tetrahedron contains two intersecting tedrahedra. It is the atomic structure of silicon chip quartz used in computers to store memory, as well as the shape of our energetic vehicle known as a Merkaba.
The vector equilibrium or cuboctahedron is the underlying structure of a torus; the blueprint for the transformation of energy into matter. The torus is also the basis for a black hole, what physicists refer to as “the vacuum”, as well as the geometry of our hearts. Physics makes me horny!
