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Convergence

This sculpture presents water in three conditions: distilled water, carbonated water, and ice. Each vessel holds water differently. One remains stable and unchanging; the others are visibly in flux. As carbonation dissipates and ice melts, the three vessels gradually converge to the same state of still water. This slow convergence unfolds in real time, placing the work within the field of kinetic sculpture.

Whereas kinetic sculpture has typically relied on motors or programmed systems, this work operates without either. It belongs instead to a lineage of non-mechanical kinetic sculpture, in which artists establish conditions that allow physical change to unfold on its own over time. In this work, movement arises from natural forces—heat, gravity, and entropy—acting directly on the water. Light renders these processes legible, revealing subtle motion and gradual transformation.

The vessels are identical in form and aligned in space, so that variation arises only through movement within the water. What initially appears static gradually reveals subtle activity—bubbles thinning, edges softening, internal shifts within the vessels—changes that are immediately visible but take on clarity and significance through prolonged observation.

The work is periodically reset, restoring the initial differences so that this convergence can be observed repeatedly.

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Glass, Wood, water

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Found and Repurposed Objects of Industrial Design
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