Notes on Movement- Array Fields #113 (5 Panels)
2021-2022
40 X 150 cm (Each Panel)
Ink on Canvas Stretched on Board and Kinetic Mechanism
Notes on Movement: Array Fields is an ongoing series of drawings that extends enquiry into movement unfolding through time, perceptual experience and a continual becoming of form. Created using ink on canvas stretched across multiple wooden panels and activated by a concealed kinetic mechanism, the work embraces an extremely slow, imperceptible movement that continually alters the relationship between the distinct linear fields.
The pace of the panels is deliberately slow, akin to the gradual passage of sunlight through an interior space, as it enters, shifts, pauses, and recedes. The panels pause when the color fields align, briefly bringing the whole array of that particular field into focus through a horizontally or vertically aligned configuration. These moments of stillness create a sense of anticipation, inviting the curious viewer to wait and look closely before the composition begins to shift again. Thereby, the kinetic process requires the viewer to constantly rearrange their perceptual fields as the color fields of the drawing panels align, pause and resume their individual journey.
The kinetic structure, developed specifically for the work, is housed entirely behind the panels, incorporating extensive wiring and stepper motors that remain concealed from view. Thereby, inducing a seamless and clean experience as part of its front appearance, and retaining the viewer’s attention on the gradual movement of the drawing rather than on the mechanics producing it.
Programming forms another integral element within the work’s kinetic mechanism, where precise programmed sequences of instructions are responsible for all the minute movements of individual panels, their relative speeds, direction, and overall configuration of the composition. Each panel follows its own temporal sequence or programmed rhythm rather than uniformly moving in complete synchronicity simultaneously, thereby allowing the composition to gradually shift between different states of alignment. Further, although the work assumes multiple configurations, these are not separate drawings but successive states of a single, continuously transforming composition.
Kinetic Mechanism Produced by Ardubotics
