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Vault Sequence no. 10
Artist
Brian Fridge
(American, born 1969)
Date2000
MediumBlack and white silent video
DimensionsDuration: 4 minutes
Credit LineCollection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase
Object number2003.6
Status
Not on viewCopyright© Brian Fridge
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Label TextIn 1993, Brian Fridge covered existing globes with his own graphite drawings of cosmological maplike patterns for a sculpture series he describes as “toy models of cosmic events.” Fridge soon moved away from three-dimensional media in favor of video to allow the presence of time to enter into his works. The results of this shift are most poignantly realized in the Vault Sequence series, which transforms the mundane into the sublime.
Vault Sequence No. 10, 2000, brings the often obscure concepts of transcendental cosmology to a human level. A galaxy of stars appears to be set in motion; a universe unfolds before our eyes. Yet this cosmos is in fact the result of a discovery the artist made by experimenting with an everyday household appliance—his freezer. This cosmological universe is actually ice crystals and steam recorded by Fridge in his brightly lit freezer. Like pieces of data, the human-made galaxies are pieced together to present a wholly different view of the universe—one that acknowledges meaning and beauty in the ordinary.
Vault Sequence No. 10, 2000, brings the often obscure concepts of transcendental cosmology to a human level. A galaxy of stars appears to be set in motion; a universe unfolds before our eyes. Yet this cosmos is in fact the result of a discovery the artist made by experimenting with an everyday household appliance—his freezer. This cosmological universe is actually ice crystals and steam recorded by Fridge in his brightly lit freezer. Like pieces of data, the human-made galaxies are pieced together to present a wholly different view of the universe—one that acknowledges meaning and beauty in the ordinary.
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