(a sculptural site-specific installation for the Gravitational Wave building, ANU, Canberra)

This work explores the poetic communication and symbolic representation of gravitational wave theory. Its title, ‘Pulse’, has been chosen as a summary of the notions of time, sequence, order and movement.

The overall configuration of this piece is that of a jewel-like droplet whose descent down the face of the host wall gives the impression of a weight falling through space. Its trajectories are marked by elliptical curves that form a mesh-like grid of pathways.

Curvilinear shadow lines, formed by linear Stainless steel strips fitted into the finished render of the wall, articulate the nature of the grid whose structure is one of hybrid geometry related to fractal patterns in nature.

The ‘points of intersection’ within the grid are denoted by stainless steel, concave, spherical discs that are embedded into the wall, creating a relationship between the artwork and the building. Their reflective weight contrasts with the skeletal, linear geometry of the grid.

For the purpose of highlighting the stainless steel discs a deep gunmetal black colour has been nominated for the presentation of the rendered host wall.