'Lightthing' by Heiko Blankenstein
- Lasharna Turner
- Jan 11, 2017
- 2 min read
Heiko Blankenstein is the German artist based in Zurich who is merging science and art. His startling installation 'Lightthing' is a physical demonstration of the scientific principle of the universe and was featured as a part of his 'Kicked It Into The Sun' 2015 solo show at Kunstraum Engländerbau in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The piece was designed by computer rendering and uses light, Styrofoam and beautiful geometric combinations to create an otherworldly sculpture. In this piece Heiko demonstrates his interpretation of the infinite mystery of the universe and the little science understands about it. Using his sterling creative prowess he is able to somewhat bridge the immense gap between creative visual expression and the sheer wondrousness of space, science and the infinite universe.
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“Approaching scientific matter by means of artistic practice, an attempt to comprehend on an emotional level hard to grasp astronomical and cosmological conditions, chaotic systems or the operating mode of nuclear fusion. Art as an instrument to translate physical equations, principles of natural science. Nature as basis, space is nature as well. To fathom properties of things through drawing, sculpture and installation, to scrutinize the origin of everything and the sublime. A passenger plane would need 900 years to circle the largest known star once, the universe is infinite but nevertheless expands, what could have been before the big bang? All very difficult to comprehend, therefore so very fascinating. Not to give answers, merely observe and pass on the questions, to appropriate scientific visual products and formulate them into an own visual language, digital in appearance, completely analog in execution, somewhere between concrete and abstract, using materials very artificial in appearance and drawing based approaches.”
- Heiko Blankenstein
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