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Human time is movement (summer), 2019 - Photo: Filipe Braga
Human time is movement (summer), 2019
Photo: Filipe Braga
Human time is movement (summer), 2019 - Photo: Filipe Braga
Human time is movement (summer), 2019
Photo: Filipe Braga
 Installation view of Human time is movement (spring), 2019, Human time is movement (winter), 2019, Human time is movement (summer), 2019 - The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art – 2019 - Photo: Filipe Braga
Installation view of Human time is movement (spring), 2019, Human time is movement (winter), 2019, Human time is movement (summer), 2019
The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art – 2019
Photo: Filipe Braga
 Installation view of Human time is movement (summer), 2019, Human time is movement (spring), 2019 - The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art – 2019 - Photo: Filipe Braga
Installation view of Human time is movement (summer), 2019, Human time is movement (spring), 2019
The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art – 2019
Photo: Filipe Braga
 Installation view of Human time is movement (winter), 2019, Human time is movement (summer), 2019, Human time is movement (spring), 2019 - The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art – 2019 - Photo: Filipe Braga
Installation view of Human time is movement (winter), 2019, Human time is movement (summer), 2019, Human time is movement (spring), 2019
The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art – 2019
Photo: Filipe Braga
Human time is movement (summer), 2019 - Photo: Filipe Braga
Human time is movement (summer), 2019
Photo: Filipe Braga
Human time is movement (summer), 2019 - Photo: Filipe Braga
Human time is movement (summer), 2019
Photo: Filipe Braga
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The Human time is movement works are variations on the mathematical form known as the Clelia curve. Named after the countess Clelia Grillo Borromeo by the early-eighteenth-century Italian mathematician Guido Grandi, the curve traces the progress of a point moving simultaneously along a sphere’s meridian and rotating at constant speed around its axis. The resulting spherical curve corresponds to the way one peels an orange or winds up a ball of wool. The strikingly different forms seen in this series of works are produced by adjusting the speeds of rotation and by contracting the curve in towards the centre. The black and white paint scheme resembles the behaviour of a light source at the centre of each work – white indicating where the light would strike the form, and black where it would be in shadow – emphasising the physicality of the sculptures.

Artwork details

Title

Human time is movement (summer)

Year

2019

Materials

Stainless steel, paint (black, white)