Cameron Robbins

Wind Photon Orbital

Cameron Robbins’ installations transcribe the invisible energies of nature, the wind, the tides and light to create drawings, photographs, and moving image works. Wind Photon Orbital includes large colourful solar drawings and a series of rotating reflective prisms on a large wind Anemograph sculpture reminiscent of an artistic lighthouse. In his work, underlying structures and rhythms of natural forces are made tangible.

 "This installation reminds us of our location on the planet and the importance of listening to and carefully observing nature in all its manifestations. This is an artistic lighthouse - a beacon of hope and culture in our tumultuous, besieged and troubled cultural and natural environment. A series of optical glass prisms on a large kinetic sculpture, in front of large colourful drawings made using a solar powered drawing instrument, rotate in the air movement. The large prisms themselves were actually sourced from an old unknown lighthouse and were probably cast in the UK during the 1800s boom in imperial lighthouse construction. A sequenced industrial Laboratory fan moves the Anemograph XL Wind Sculpture, a large carefully engineered tripod form supporting 3 big aluminium wind cups and rotating shaft mechanism, choreographing the motion of sculpture and lights during the days and nights. The two large bright coloured drawings on the wall were made with a direct drive solar powered drawing instrument, each taking 8 days to complete. They refer to natural forms, like tree rings, interstellar nebulae, or the cross sections of orbital paths from Chaos Theory." - Cameron Robbins

 

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