MANIFOLD design

Time, Space and Existence are universal abstract principles embodying most Work.

Sincere consideration of the fundamental elements, Time and Space, unify them as properties of physical Existence and lend thought to further development of position and sequences in making. Mechanics of the arrangement, as in music, suggest exposition, development and redefinition.

Sequence 

Time can be measured when patterned sequences are formed. These cycles in Time are expressed through an Existence.  Material characteristics of dichroics and mirroring transmit and reflect.  Movements and light undulate through the Work.

The Work is also an additive process of unit grouping and organization. The orchestration is reflected durations of the assembled components.

Time is a quality that can be manipulated like other dimensions of Space; Mirrored, folded and cyclically repeated. Time divisions are the day, season, year and era.

Position

The assemblage of mirrored and dichroic acrylic units is an interpretation of ‘Time Space Existence’ through geometric and spatial constructs. In using basic geometric forms, translated color and unit orientation, complexity and less inherent rhythms emerge. It develops a landscape grounded in mathematical concepts of symmetry operations.

Orientation

Generated upon reflection about a datum line, the Work establishes a translated reflected pattern. The construction of the units account for change in orientation and environment. 

MANIFOLD design was established by Karen Lemmert and David Naill as a collaborative practice engaged in the development of conceptual work within the physical landscape.  They believe the dialog of material properties to systems of construction takes place within organized fields of energy that can be utilized by alignment of tectonic constructions with manifolds of distillations and dispersals.