about the artwork
Artificial water plants that move like an organism.
Water is pumped through elastic stems and collects in the calyxes until they bend down, empty and spring back.
The movements add up to form combinations, oscillations overlap and influence each other, groups are formed that separate again, then join up with others, this in constant alternation.
It can happen that a group interlocks and becomes unable to move.
The phenomenon of self-organization can also be observed here: Little by little, those "entangled" find a common rhythm, a synchronous vibration that builds up until the knot falls apart
Gerhard Zsambok Österreich
Gerhard Zsambok launched a research project in 1988 that deals with the properties and abilities of water and has not only shown his kinetic objects in numerous exhibitions, but has also received prizes and awards for them. Based on drawings of his concepts, form and function dominate his water sculptures, which produce enigmatic, little-known phenomena and effects of water. His "magic of water" is based on the continuous renewal of flowing water without human intervention.
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