Inspired by the motion of planetary storms, Anemoi is an installation which creates an otherworldly experience through the manipulation of liquid and light. As the liquid is subject to influencing forces, its internal currents become visible and swirl in torrents of shifting light. Projected on the gallery wall, the interplay of light and shadow appears like a celestial apparition. Rooted in cosmic phenomena and mythology, Anemoi (the name for a group of Ancient Greek gods representing the cardinal winds) exhibits visual characteristics that resemble winds and matter flowing across the surface of Jupiter. Drawing on the principles of the telescope technology we use to explore distant objects, Anemoi mirrors its role, bridging the epic behaviours of the cosmos and the laws of physics in a framework we are more able to understand.

A sculpture where the outer surfaces comprise a glass bell jar sat atop a white spray painted polycarbonate plinth. Housed within the plinth are scientific apparatus to create a high vacuum within the glass, and high voltage transformers that work together producing the conditions for extremely localised particle acceleration, resulting in the collision of nitrogen ions. A photon is emitted as the nitrogen ions collide with each other, varying between purple and white depending on the precise conditions within the glass.

The piece brings the viewer down to the inconceivable realms of the particle world, revealing a perspective on the violence and mystery of our reality that is usually concealed.

Planetesimal imagines witnessing the movement of light and shadow across the Rheasilvia crater as asteroid 4 Vesta silently tumbles through space.

Protoplanet Vesta formed at the same time and in the same way unique to only earth and our moon. Dust and gas from the early planetary disk coalesced to form thousands of planetesimals when our solar system was still a nebula. Orbiting our sun within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Vesta represents a snapshot of the early formation of a planet in our solar system.

Surface topography data gathered by instruments onboard NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft in 2012 is mechanically sculpted into a primitive surface, while hundreds of individual lights hidden within the artwork orchestrate shadows revealing millions of years of impact events.

Planetesimal invites us to stand in its presence and witness time while the texture transports us to a familiar landscape adding another dimension to an otherwise digital view.