January 18, 2010

Exhibition: Element / Cecil Balmond




Structural engineer Cecil Balmond's solo exhibition travels to Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.

Show starts "The forest of banner", introduce Balmond's idea concerning nature and how he get his idea and form form the nature, then viewers are lead to "The secret temple", which shows the secret of numbers.



This photo is "The garden". The graphic of the floor is made by prime numbers and the gap of them.
Structure of "x" shaped plate is "H_edge", which stands only by these plates and chain.
The black and white rocks are made by tetrahedron.
Balmond says every forms are made of tetrahedron.

He also says that he found it was like a Japanese garden after installation is completed.

The show is till March 22.

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