Stonehouse - Temporal Sculpture

#bdat Another practice similar to that of light art is carried out by a man named Geoffrey Mann.  Mr Mann monitors and tracks the movement of different animals and objects and turns this information into sculptures.  The sculptures made demonstrate the movement of the item over a period of time, capturing a trace of the movement that is invisible when viewed normally.  This has a similar aim to that of light art, in that it helps to unveil an occurrence in our environment that we do not account for in normal life.  The interesting element of this art work is that the sculpture created produces a whole new perspective whilst also demonstrating the original and recongnisable shape of the object that was traced.  Below are a couple of examples of his work to demonstrate this:

This sculpture traces the flight of a moth as it is attracted to a light.  As this shows Mr Mann's work creates a 3D physical sculpture that on the surface seems just like an abstract shape.  However by knowing the basis of the sculpture a lot more understanding is revealed. The sculpture itself also holds this key due to the cross sections at the ends of the sculpture.  By looking at these cross sections of the sculpture the viewer is able to discover the object that was mapped and so decifer the sculpture. Below is a better example of this:

This sculture is the trace of a bird landing. As you can see the cross section on the end of this sculpture can easily be defined as a bird, and so the viewer is able to then discover what the sculpture is without any explanation. (http://www.mrmann.co.uk/)

The main cause for my interest in this practice in terms of this project is the element of tracing through time to produce a perception that would not be visible.  This concept could be used in some way as part of the feed that will run the projection and so having these different interpretations of this concept will help to develop how I want to use this.