Gyrostasis

Gyrostasis

Robert Smithson

1968

I was inspired by Gyrostasis by Robert Smithson. Robert Smithson defined "gyrostasis" as a branch of physics that relates to rotating bodies, and their tendency to maintain their equilibrium.

Constructed out of steel and white paint, this recreation of nature seems both natural and unnatural. This wave is static and white. It does not seem to carry force but it seems to be benign and manipulated. The color seems to make the wave almost sterile. However the spiral is found almost everywhere in nature.

It is interesting how motion is stuck in time in this sculpture. The shadow of the overlapping triangles mimic the movement of a wave crashing onto the shore.