…like an octopus, Leaning Out of Windows: Emergence,
January 8 - 26, 2020
…like an octopus was created in collaboration with Sociologist Sanem Güvenç-Salgırlı, Theoretical Physicist, David Morrissey, and MFA student facilitator, Emelina Soares and exhibited as part of Leaning Out of Windows: Emergence in the Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons + RBC Gallery at Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Leaning Out of Windows is a research creation project organized by faculty Ingrid Koenig and Randy Lee Cutler, exploring how knowledge might be translated across the disciplinary communities of art and physics in order to develop a shared understanding of the cosmos.
…like an octopus, was a collaborative installation comprised on nylon mesh, rope, lead weights, and found materials from TRIUMF. The cross-disciplinary process for creating this work is described by Sanem Güvenç-Salgırlı as:
“From the start this team had a tacit understanding that the process itself would be emergent, and it was best to just surrender to the unknown. Of course, the collaboration had a telos, the making of the art work itself. In many ways, the concept of emergence in physics aligned with the foundational questions of Güvenç Salgırlı focus on sociology and political philosophy. “I was fascinated to see how our individual processes of making research was similar to one another and I believe was one of the crucial things that connected our experiences. Once this was on the table, once we realized that our research practices are going through similar processes, we started to relate to one another via that.”
Supported by SSHRC, TRIUMF and Emily Carr University of Art and Design