ALEX LUNDY

Gravity

Gravity (Stages 1 - 12), 2016, etching, ink on paper, 37cm x 49.5cm each

Gravitational Cartography is a body of work that developed from research into the collision of two super-massive black holes, and the resulting gravitational waves that were detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), on the 14th of September 2015. Gravity (stages 1-12) shows a representation of the collision in a cartographic format. The format of the map is used to show the inseparable connection between time and space, and the dense build up of matter within them. The 12 stages, printed from the same plate, are a reference to the hours on a clock face, and the dates are documented to show the process in a temporal sense. September 14, 2015 is a large format map that stems from an interest in LIGO’s research. The scale of the print is informed by the scale of geological survey maps, and shows how the central representation of space is relying on the surrounding diagrams, references and data to make sense of the abstract central image. The etching process used is a metaphor for the expansion of space and the density of matter in points of extreme gravity. The more negative space in the plate, the more ink/matter it holds, creating dark, visually heavy areas in the image. In Gravitational Cartography, the map is used physically and metaphorically, questioning the systems of representation that are used in creating visual knowledge, and the influence it has on our understanding of the world.

Alex-Lundy---Gravity-(Stage-3),-2016,-etching-and-ink-on-paper,-37cm-x-49,5cm.jpg

Alex-Lundy---Gravity-(Stages_1-4),-2016,-etching-and-ink-on-paper,-37cm-x-49,5cm.jpg

Alex-Lundy---Gravity-(Stages_1-12),-2016,-etching-and-ink-on-paper,-37cm-x-49,5cm.jpg

Sep 14, 2015

Sep 14, 2015, 2016, etching, ink on paper, 110cm x 57.5cm

Gravitational Cartography is a body of work that developed from research into the collision of two super-massive black holes, and the resulting gravitational waves that were detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), on the 14th of September 2015. Gravity (stages 1-12) shows a representation of the collision in a cartographic format. The format of the map is used to show the inseparable connection between time and space, and the dense build up of matter within them. The 12 stages, printed from the same plate, are a reference to the hours on a clock face, and the dates are documented to show the process in a temporal sense. September 14, 2015 is a large format map that stems from an interest in LIGO’s research. The scale of the print is informed by the scale of geological survey maps, and shows how the central representation of space is relying on the surrounding diagrams, references and data to make sense of the abstract central image. The etching process used is a metaphor for the expansion of space and the density of matter in points of extreme gravity. The more negative space in the plate, the more ink/matter it holds, creating dark, visually heavy areas in the image. In Gravitational Cartography, the map is used physically and metaphorically, questioning the systems of representation that are used in creating visual knowledge, and the influence it has on our understanding of the world.

Alex-Lundy---September-14-2015,-2016,-etching-and-ink-on-paper,-110-x-57,5cm.jpg

Relative Duration

Relative Duration (Geometry Models)

Relative Duration (Geometry Models) 2017, screen-print on paper, glue, tape, aluminium tube, MDF, stepper-motor, plastic mount, hardware, electronics, 91 x 35 x 11 cm