About The Artwork This has been inspired by the sculpture of the Olympic flame in the cauldron designed by American Artist, Anthony Howe. The sculpture has kinetic energy spheres and plates that amplify, reflect, and rotate, the effects of the small cauldron, during the Opening Ceremony at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro. Each piece is designed to rotate independently around the ring, creating a pulsating movement and millions of reflections from the cauldron's flame. "My vision was to replicate the sun, using movement to mimic its pulsing energy and reflection of light..." Anthony Howe In the work, I have replaced the plates with Gold Medals and similarly in Anthony Howe's work, re-aligned these to form a hidden message in Braille and similarly rotated these, but with another hidden message inspired by Gold Medals and the Sun. With my previous works, I am interested in codes and hidden messages. The Medals have been arranged in a pattern of a circle grid as used in Braille, to spell a Letter. Contains a series of Four horizontal letters, spelling Four Letter or Two letter words from the Games, and Three Words arranged Vertically. The First Word Spells “Team”, the next word "GB 27" refers to Team GB's 27 Gold Medals, last word on the bottom "Gold" (See image for Braille Letter key) Within this work, I have divided the medal which has an outline of a circle of 360’ into 26 equal segments to represent the 26 Letters of the Alphabet (see image for medal rotated through 180’ to represent the Letter M). The medals have been rotated to spell sporting events of the Olympics, such that the top three rows spell “Swim, Gym, Tri” (Tri refers to Triathlon). The medals have been displayed on a background of Purple which is the complimentary colour of the Medals, typically Yellow. Limited Edition Print 1 of 25 on either A4 21cm x 30cm or A3 30cm x 40cm Original Created:2016 Subjects:Sports Materials:Paper Styles:AbstractConceptualIllustrationPop ArtModern Mediums:Algorithmic ArtVectorInkDigital Details & Dimensions Digital:Algorithmic Art on Paper Artist Produced Limited Edition of:25 Size:8.3 W x 11.8 H x 0.1 D in Frame:Not Framed Ready to Hang:Not applicable Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube Shipping & Returns Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments. Handling:Ships rolled in a tube. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines. Ships From:United Kingdom. Customs:Shipments from United Kingdom may experience delays due to country's regulations for exporting valuable artworks. Have additional questions? Please visit our help section or contact us.
