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Art meets Science
Michael Buckler
Geometry in Motion
Spacetime studies based on the strict dynamic geometry of the kinetic object ‘K1’ (2016)
Drawings of ’Scetchbook ’K1’
Scetch/Study ’Tuxtuac above Lilienthal‘
Pigment Painting on canvas
210 x 157 cm
’Genesis-Design’ (in upper area)
Painterly quote from thin section view into material of meteorite TUXTUAC, Mexico (Ordinary Chondrite) including text quote from transcriptions of the Apollo Air-to-Ground-Communication from original NASA-microfiches – and the iconic aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal in ready-to-flight take-off position.
Scetch/Study for 'REDraw I', 2005, 50 x 50 cm
Picture and language
Motif study with overlays of text fragments from NASA original transcriptions (transferred by means of CAD masks in painterly transfer) and the bird-man Otto Lilienthal ready for take-off. In the background, the design of a butterfly wing is incorporated into the pigment painting using partially water-soluble binders.
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