A2 Painting

PART OF THE WHOLE – Part A2 The main inspiration for this painting project arises from the question how reality can be perceived. Do we always perceive only parts of the realness till we found new insights? Or is it like Jaques Lacan defined reality: A trinity of a symbolic, an imaginative and a real level? A second inspiration reveals by the physicist Ernst Chladni (1756–1827) who invented a technique to visualize resonance ("Chladni figures", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Chladni). The prolongation of sound by synchronous vibration of a neighboring object seems to be the main carrier for information. Chladni figures show also interesting similarities to patterns found in nature (http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/ECHOdocuView?url=/permanent/library/5M6VYMSC/pageimg&mode=imagepath&pn=5). This huge image of a frozen resonance is based on a single sinus wave. I divided the image into 256 single images each one with a size of 80 x 130 cm (31,4 x 51,1 inch = golden ratio). 256 is a binary multiple (2^8). The binary system is the main basis for the technological and information evolution of our days. It has been developed by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716). It is known that he received a copy of the 64 I Ching hexagrams during his work on a "Mathesis Universalis", which affirmed his work on the binary system.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:51.2 W x 31.5 H x 1.2 D in

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