FLUID TOPOGRAPHY

Berlot
Source: Berlot

Uršula Berlot

FLUID TOPOGRAPHY , ongoing
Co-workers & Funding
Scanner – Robin Rimbaud (sound)
Sunčana Kuljiš Gaillot (video effects); Ljubljana Castle; MOL - City of Ljubljana
Documents
  • FLUID TOPOGRAPHY
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Description
video 13,16′

The recording of dynamic forms of magnetic fluids that are produced by invisible magnetic fields direct the experience of the material in relation to the immaterial. The ferrofluid structures, which are in reality only a few centimeters in height, being transposed into a digital environment operate as macro-scale phenomena that simulate characteristics of the organic, the animate. Fluid topography acts to simulate a natural living organism or process, which by revealing the sphere of unseen magnetic physical attractions and energies works to (re)direct the viewer towards more subtle, usually imperceptible aspects of reality. – Uršula Berlot, 2014

'Fluid Topography by the artist Uršula Berlot investigates the dynamics and forms of magnetic currents through a combination of a scientific and an artistic approach. She is interested in the visual description and properties of matter while it is being exposed to invisible magnetic forces which cause a transformation of the object. (...) Fluid topography raises the question how to create a simulation of nature through the visualisation of the invisible magnetic forces that trigger the processes of transforming matter.' – Jadranka Plut, 2014
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • documenting
    • experimental
  • genres
    • installations
      • mixed reality
  • subjects
    • Art and Science
      • experiments
      • physics
      • scientific images
    • Arts and Visual Culture
      • gaze
      • optical illusion
      • theory
        • complexity
        • simulacrum
    • Media and Communication
      • visualization
    • Nature and Environment
      • magnetism
      • physical laws
    • Technology and Innovation
      • optics
Technology & Material
Hardware
Kinetic device
Material
magnets, ferrofluid
Method
light, video recording
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