AXIS ON FIRE + ENERGY AXIS
The pillar of light is one’s own axis outside of oneself.
The formation of light and energy in the work is the vibrant core in one’s own world.
It’s what one holds and sees as light.
kinetic fire sculpture, hologram, tripling projection, room-sized immersive installation
When the kinetic sculpture is spinning, the surrounding air containing oxygen is caught in its metal mesh, and together with the spiral wing seizing the air, they fuel the rise of a pillar of fire inside the sculpture. The hologram is made from undistorted recordings of the kinetic device in darkness, where the fast spinning of the metal mesh causes it to become transparent, revealing the pillar of fire within.
The pillar of fire, generated restlessly and held together by the sculpture's constant motion, embodies a resilient and inexhaustible energy backbone within a person. The inner source of spirit and light, and the underlying soul-stirring desire and drive, take on the shape of an axis on fire. The installation serves as a personal eternal flame.
The sound is generated directly from the fire pillar’s changing light intensity and motion. The two-channel audio is played through a quadraphonic speaker system, immersing the room. The generative sound was coded in Python and composed in Supercollider by Arthur Start.
The hologram projection triples, with two more of the same fire formation on the opposite walls. Superimposed with the projections are human-height mirrors, appearing as black voids ablaze. Voids are inherently infinite. As the viewer approaches one of the mirror voids, they see their own reflection on fire. The viewer is the axis now. When the fire formation is circular, the viewer sees their face in a halo of a swirl of flames.