Gary Fisher
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Rotating Stressed Sphere, 1985 4"x6"x6" (edition - 5)
(internally stressed acrylic sphere, polarizers, diffusion screen, light source, motor, acrylic enclosure)
Four Art Webcam Images, 1998
(water-filled vessel with clear bottom, diffuse light source, polarizers, assorted birefringent materials, pump, nozzle, web-connected camera, software, uploaded images (640x480, 72dpi)
In 1998 I designed an apparatus that would continuously circulate a number of pre-stressed birefringent shapes in a diffusely illuminated water-filled vessel. Polarizers made the instantaneous patterns visible to a webcam positioned above the vessel. For a few months images recorded by the webcam were randomly uploaded to the internet and displayed on the armchair.com website. The overall envelope of potential images were a function of my choice of materials, their shapes, sizes, and degree of internal stress, and the water flow dynamics I designed into the apparatus. There was purposely no intelligence behind the choice of which images the webcam would upload. Conceptually, I was interested in whether the artistic content was in the conception, the realization, or in the images generated and randomly chosen to display.
(water-filled vessel with clear bottom, diffuse light source, polarizers, assorted birefringent materials, pump, nozzle, web-connected camera, software, uploaded images (640x480, 72dpi)
In 1998 I designed an apparatus that would continuously circulate a number of pre-stressed birefringent shapes in a diffusely illuminated water-filled vessel. Polarizers made the instantaneous patterns visible to a webcam positioned above the vessel. For a few months images recorded by the webcam were randomly uploaded to the internet and displayed on the armchair.com website. The overall envelope of potential images were a function of my choice of materials, their shapes, sizes, and degree of internal stress, and the water flow dynamics I designed into the apparatus. There was purposely no intelligence behind the choice of which images the webcam would upload. Conceptually, I was interested in whether the artistic content was in the conception, the realization, or in the images generated and randomly chosen to display.
Sky Column 1, 1974, 2.25"x4.5"x1.5"
(hand tinted b/w photographs, acrylic, walnut)
Clouds are presented in a sculptural context removing them from their essential transitory nature.
Clouds are presented in a sculptural context removing them from their essential transitory nature.
Sierra # 1, 2008, 6""x6"x6"
Cherry burl, acryllic paint, base
asymmetric cube, 2012, 4" x 4" x 4.5"
hardwood, acrylic base
The unexpectedly asymmetry of one face of the cube becomes apparent only upon observaltion. The maquette "floats" slightly above a clear base which is meant to anchor the cube in air rather than to the ground.
In an outdoor installation the "cube" is invisioned to be 8' x 8' x 8' and fabricated in brushed stainless steel. A short central post anchored to the installation base allows the cube to float slightly above ground thereby adding to the inconguity of the sculpture.
The unexpectedly asymmetry of one face of the cube becomes apparent only upon observaltion. The maquette "floats" slightly above a clear base which is meant to anchor the cube in air rather than to the ground.
In an outdoor installation the "cube" is invisioned to be 8' x 8' x 8' and fabricated in brushed stainless steel. A short central post anchored to the installation base allows the cube to float slightly above ground thereby adding to the inconguity of the sculpture.
Night Sky, 1988, 4"x5"
reflection hologram, hand-tinted b/w gelatin silver photograph
This hologram was exhibited in 1988 and 1992 in Images in Time and Space, an International holography exhibit at its Los Angeles and Santa Monica California venues. To my knowledge "Night Sky" was the first mixed media work combining photography and holography to be shown in either a gallery or museum setting. In the piece the stars appear in depth behind the clouds in the photograph,- as they would in real life.
Selected Mixed Media/Sculpture