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Bergen, Norway
Old City, Philadelphia, PA
Plane to Point and Line
2009, four 4x6 photographs and eight 4x6 drawings.
The point-line-plane postulate in geometry is a
collective of three assumptions that are the basis
for Euclidean geometry in three or more
dimensions. In Russian painter Wassily
Kandinsky’s book Point and Line to Plane written in
1926 he explores key elements and relations in the
construction of non-objective arts. In viewing the
natural and connection between elements that it is
difficult to pin point the exact ‘beginning and end’ of
a specific object unless it is extracted and isolated
against a neutral background. Even under closer
examination the object continues to allude our
ability to define specific connections and
intersections that intertwine to form the object as it
appears to the naked eye.
These specific points of intersection and
separation are more prevalent in controlled urban
environments, products of architectural planning
and clarity in order to construct.
Plane to Point and Line is a superficial de-
construction and less obvious re-configuration that
turns separated surfaces or planes into complex
maps of interconnection. Using photographs, each
intersection where a plane distinctly changes
direction is plotted with a dot and a set of
parameters is established to connect those dots
using a line.
2009, four 4x6 photographs and eight 4x6 drawings.
The point-line-plane postulate in geometry is a
collective of three assumptions that are the basis
for Euclidean geometry in three or more
dimensions. In Russian painter Wassily
Kandinsky’s book Point and Line to Plane written in
1926 he explores key elements and relations in the
construction of non-objective arts. In viewing the
natural and connection between elements that it is
difficult to pin point the exact ‘beginning and end’ of
a specific object unless it is extracted and isolated
against a neutral background. Even under closer
examination the object continues to allude our
ability to define specific connections and
intersections that intertwine to form the object as it
appears to the naked eye.
These specific points of intersection and
separation are more prevalent in controlled urban
environments, products of architectural planning
and clarity in order to construct.
Plane to Point and Line is a superficial de-
construction and less obvious re-configuration that
turns separated surfaces or planes into complex
maps of interconnection. Using photographs, each
intersection where a plane distinctly changes
direction is plotted with a dot and a set of
parameters is established to connect those dots
using a line.
Penns Landing, Philadelphia, PA
Old City, Philadelphia, PA
Charles Livingston Studio
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