The Dark Matter series began as a manifestation of an interest in the hypothetical form of matter of the same name. By introducing iron shavings to ceramic magnets and manipulating the iron into abstract sculptures to be photographed, I imagine dark matter coalescing around units of baryonic matter, giving them greater mass than they would otherwise have as viewed from a bulk in which both are visible.
Now in its third iteration, the series is beginning to transcend that original purpose.
The sculpture’s ambiguous scale sometimes illustrates itself as massive celestial space stations, able to reorganize themselves depending on the task. When the images are viewed at their intended size, I recognize a similarity to images created by electron microscope and imagine the structures as microscopic life forms, evolved from a completely separate evolutionary tree, able to thrive in the micro-gravity of space by using magnetism to maintain their composition.
Whatever thoughts come to mind from viewing these images, for me they represent a celebration of the knowable and unknowable forms of nature and their ultimate ability to pluck at the strings of human curiosity.
