Michael John Whelan
Video Installation
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Echoes of evaporation
and submergence

1991
And they did live by watchfires
Nocturne
Untitled
Darkness had no need
These last breaths
The time of cruel wonders
was not yet over

In the black dark for good
Carapace
That we were to wait
Like force and matter
Lupus
20 Vertices, 30 Edges
and 160 Diagonals

Dune
Transit of Venus
Over the echoing gateway
Stars/Star
Shadowplay
Archway (diptych)
20 Vertices, 30 Edges and 160 Diagonals
2013, 3 x archival pigment prints
steel mounts, neodymium magnets
60 x 160cm
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A three-dimensional model of a dodecahedron is constructed in three parts and photographed. The installation brings together the three photographs of this mystical, scientific object through the placement of the prints together in one space. The potential reconstruction takes place in the perception and experience of the viewer. The magnets reference the invisible factors which influence our lives, like cell structure and universal bonds.