Nothingness arguably doesn’t really exist outside of a notion; an idea, or mathematical possibility. The nothingness of space is full of potentiality; particles shifting in and out of existence in quantum fluctuation.
The idea that we might define an artistic category by its objective existence seems outdated given our notions of subjective experiential frameworks, individual perception, scientific reasoning, technological advances in virtual realms, and our methods of recording and documenting artistic work.
A photograph can act as a document testifying to the existence of an idea made manifest either as object or subject. The words on a paper record the underlying reasoning that drives the concept towards a graspable thing whether imagined or real.
We could define sculpture not simple by the outcome of the act of making but the act itself or even the initial concept of the act – the idea of creating something within three dimensional space as the fundamental beginnings of creation of new work – and that idea can emanate from a mere potential that resides in the nothingness… in the miasma of as yet unrealised possibilities.
Something that is truly conceptual remains an idea in the mind. Taking action based on that idea provides evidence of it’s existence and that evidence provides the basis for understanding and participating in creativity. A word hijacked and misused for corporate motivation, and a way of attaining some level of individuality.
A mark, a movement, a line on paper, a photograph, a moulded form, a broken item, a dismantled mechanism, a placed object… there are endless possibilities. This publication no more wants to define the edges that contain this world of creation than it wants to provide or pander to notions of more traditional dividing principles between the practices we use to construct our evidence. Demonstrating, if only to ourselves, that there exists a grey area, a potential in-between things… where there appears, at first glance, to be nothing.
Sculptorvox begins with the Geometry of Nothing, delving into the grey areas, the spaces between things to see what’s there
“Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.”
Jean Paul Satre
Editor-in-chief Daniel Lingham
Title: Sculptorvox
Editor: Daniel Lingham
Contributors: Numerous
Edition: Volume 1 – Geometry Of Nothing
Publication date: Jan/Feb 2018
Description:
‘Geometry of Nothing’ is the inaugural volume in this series. It explores a variety of concepts around contemporary sculptural practice. It casts an eye at some of the fundamental aspects of ideation, process, spacial-relationships, interaction. The idea that the creative process is ‘ex nihilo’ – something from nothing – speaks to the origins, drives and outcomes generated by the artist’s compulsion to create physical, tangible and virtual objects, realms, realities and dialogues.
Contributors:
Jesse Draxler
Alex Young
Frederic Bigras-Burrogano
Jeannie Driver
James Smith
Mark Osbourne
Laura Davidson
Neil Armstrong
Rebecca Partridge
Elisavet Kalpaxi
Chelsea Pettitt
Mark Leahy
Alex Baddeley
J F Masson
James Steventon
Benjamin McDonnell
Charles Hurcumbe
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