Philosopher’s Window
2021 Made with wood, saw and laser-cutsInspired by my favorite course, “Political theory”… and plato’s cave
At first, I intended to create a pentagonal prism that lay at 60 degrees on the pedestal with a flat surface. I chose this form for two reasons. One, because it is more doable than my other ideas, and second, because it is one of the first ideas I came up with: to create a philosophical "window"- like sculpture that plays with perspectives. In the beginning, I tried to make the prism first, making 5 planks with a 54° angle cut on the 36 ° table saw. However, the table saw measures its angle from 0 rather than 90, so the first attempt failed. Even worse, the table saw’s maximum angle is 45º, too little for my 54º. Therefore, I transferred to the laser cutter, with all the math- from the length of the edges to the angles of each piece- calculated. Still, the resulting pieces didn't match at first, possibly due to the planks' thickness. Facing this issue, I revised my idea. To stabilize my sculpture, I adjusted the side surfaces. The result is a sculpture that resembles a falling house. To accommodate the "house" to my wish for it to be a philosophical piece, I made the pedestal black, the sculpture white, and drew a window on the flat surface inside the sculpture. Thus, the viewers are looking through a window facing the black box, and, ironically, the view is of a sunny day.