SALT artists - Eva Rudlinger

Polar
The installation investigates space nature distance magnetism and the capacity to assimilate information from the immediate surroundings through art and physics. Much of its physical and emotional background evolved as a result of experiencing the environment and landscape of the North of Iceland during a recent residency.
Each area of the planet gets equal amounts of hours of daylight during a year's cycle, differently distributed between north and south. Curiously, the North is imagined as facing up and the South as facing down. While the earth is spinning around it's axis, the poles keep pointing in opposite directions. This 'metaphysical' space between the two poles is mapped out within the front room.Two rectangular mirrors are installed at high levels to opposite walls facing each other in a north to south direction. Viewed from inside the axis, the mirrors are repeatedly reflected within each other. The compass determines the angle in which the mirrors are aligned, resulting in a relocation of architectural space and an extension to the existing wall structures.
Compass drawings of north to south map out the floor space. A magnetic sculpture interferes locally with the directions and pattern. The process wavers between a 'mechanical recording' of what evolved through natural physical law and an artful manipulation.
Two fragments of one stone are replicated in wax and positioned on the wall. They appear as individual forms, revealing a structural connection. Exposed from all angles, the dynamic forces, which generated the form, become more apparent. The minerals found in stone come from the same liquid gas minerals that formed the earth. The microcosm of the stone pair represents a connection to the wider terrestrial world.




							Eva Rudlinger
							Eva Rudlinger
						Polar The installation investigates space nature distance magnetism and the capacity to assimilate information from the immediate surroundings through art and physics. Much of its physical and emotional background evolved as a result of experiencing the environment and landscape of the North of Iceland during a recent residency. Each area of the planet gets equal amounts of hours of daylight during a year's cycle, differently distributed between north and south. Curiously, the North is imagined as facing up and the South as facing down. While the earth is spinning around it's axis, the poles keep pointing in opposite directions. This 'metaphysical' space between the two poles is mapped out within the front room.Two rectangular mirrors are installed at high levels to opposite walls facing each other in a north to south direction. Viewed from inside the axis, the mirrors are repeatedly reflected within each other. The compass determines the angle in which the mirrors are aligned, resulting in a relocation of architectural space and an extension to the existing wall structures. Compass drawings of north to south map out the floor space. A magnetic sculpture interferes locally with the directions and pattern. The process wavers between a 'mechanical recording' of what evolved through natural physical law and an artful manipulation. Two fragments of one stone are replicated in wax and positioned on the wall. They appear as individual forms, revealing a structural connection. Exposed from all angles, the dynamic forces, which generated the form, become more apparent. The minerals found in stone come from the same liquid gas minerals that formed the earth. The microcosm of the stone pair represents a connection to the wider terrestrial world.