Gold Sun Dials in Braille (Or Sundials en braille) A3 Print (2016) Arts numériques par Vinci Art

This work has been inspired by the Rio Olympic Games 2016, and Gold Medal awards, particularly that of Team GB, and is currently second on the leader table, inspired by the previous work “Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Three Letter Words” and previous “Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Three Four Letter Words in Braille” and “London 2012 Olympic Games: Three Four Letter Words in Braille”.

This has been inspired by the sculpture of the Olympic flame in the cauldron designed by American Artist, Anthony Howe. The sculpture has kinetic energy spheres and plates that amplify, reflect, and rotate, the effects of the small cauldron, during the Opening Ceremony at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro. Each piece is designed to rotate independently around the ring, creating a pulsating movement and millions of reflections from the cauldron's flame.

"My vision was to replicate the sun, using movement to mimic its pulsing energy and reflection of light..." Anthony Howe

In the work, I have replaced the plates with Gold Medals and similarly in Anthony Howe's work, re-aligned these to form a hidden message in Braille and similarly rotated these, but with another hidden message inspired by Gold Medals and the Sun.

With my previous works, I am interested in codes and hidden messages. The Medals have been arranged in a pattern of a circle grid as used in Braille, to spell a Letter. Contains a series of Four horizontal letters, spelling Four Letter or Two letter words from the Games, and Three Words arranged Vertically. The First Word Spells “Team”, the next word "GB 27" refers to Team GB's 27 Gold Medals, and the last word on the bottom is "Gold" (See image for Braille Letter key)

Within this work, I have divided the medal which has an outline of a circle of 360’ into 26 equal segments to represent the 26 Letters of the Alphabet (see image for medal rotated through 180’ to represent the Letter M). The medals have been rotated to spell sporting events of the Olympics, such that the top three rows spell “Swim, Gym, Tri” (Tri refers to Triathlon). The medals have been displayed on a background of Purple which is the complimentary colour of the Medals, typically Yellow.

A3 Print 11.7" x 16.5" 297 mm x 420 mm on A3 Plus Paper with white border (13" x 19" 329 mm x 483 mm) Edition 1 of 25

Thèmes connexes

OlympicsRio De JanerioBrazilParisLondon