Z-Space Images
By the early 70's, minimalism had stripped art down to its most fundamental features. In eliminating all that was non-essential, art had been reduced metaphorically to "nothingness".
For me, this raised a question: Is there symmetry between nothingness and somethingness?
Looking to mathematics I found an analogy in the number system. The question: "what is the sum of all numbers negative and positive?", provided a clue: The sum of all numbers is zero. Esthetically speaking, the symmetrical structure of "zero" results from the fusion of all numbers. I reasoned that embedded in nothingness (in a perfectly symmetrical relationship) is everythingness.
The Complex Plane is the geometric representation of the set of all numbers.
There are many types of space - such as flat "Euclidian Space" and curved "Einsteinian Space" -
I postulated a new type of space: "Z-Space" - comprised of sets of "zones". The familiar figure, the tesseract (or shadow of a 4-dimensional cube) exists in Z- Space. It is comprised of four zones (or sets of parallel lines): the vertical lines, the horizontal lines and two sets of diagonal lines.
For me, this raised a question: Is there symmetry between nothingness and somethingness?
The Complex Plane
Looking to mathematics I found an analogy in the number system. The question: "what is the sum of all numbers negative and positive?", provided a clue: The sum of all numbers is zero. Esthetically speaking, the symmetrical structure of "zero" results from the fusion of all numbers. I reasoned that embedded in nothingness (in a perfectly symmetrical relationship) is everythingness.
The Complex Plane is the geometric representation of the set of all numbers.
Tesseract
There are many types of space - such as flat "Euclidian Space" and curved "Einsteinian Space" -
I postulated a new type of space: "Z-Space" - comprised of sets of "zones". The familiar figure, the tesseract (or shadow of a 4-dimensional cube) exists in Z- Space. It is comprised of four zones (or sets of parallel lines): the vertical lines, the horizontal lines and two sets of diagonal lines.
