Branes
2014 - Current
Speculative sculptural projections that model higher-dimensional form as partial, looping structures constrained by perceptual limits.
Branes is a series of speculative sculptural forms rendered as looping digital objects. The work explores sculpture not as a fixed three-dimensional artifact, but as a partial projection of higher-dimensional structure viewed from a limited perceptual frame.
Inspired in part by long-standing engagement with Flatland and related thought experiments, the series treats dimensionality as hierarchical and discontinuous. Just as inhabitants of lower dimensions struggle to comprehend higher ones, these forms are presented as incomplete manifestations of structures that cannot be fully represented within conventional spatial understanding.
Each brane appears coherent and materially plausible, yet resists static resolution. Looping animation functions not as motion for its own sake, but as a necessity of representation. The forms can only be apprehended through repetition and temporal continuity, suggesting an object that exceeds any single viewpoint.
Rather than asserting a literal relationship to higher-dimensional physics, Branes uses dimensional metaphor to examine the limits of perception, translation, and sculptural legibility. The work anticipates later investigations into how form can feel structurally grounded while remaining fundamentally provisional—an approach that would later become central to system-based practices concerned with constraint, projection, and negotiated coherence.
