The female body-is it Suzanne Clair of the novel?-is now only a fragile shell that has already begun to mutate into a crystalline form. Sanders does find himself, but he chooses the path into the crystallized, glowing jungle, and hence his death, like the blank space in Tatsuo Miyajima's cyclical series of numbers.Ĭautiously walking on tiptoes, the figure in Transparent Girl by Jim Butler dissolves in white light. Diamond in You refers to the personal change in the protagonists of The Crystal World. The fragile aspect of Bettina Pousttchi's work is continued by Tatsuo Miyajima in his work about time, space, and primary colors (from which every other color can be produced). The sculpture was presented at the Venice Biennale in 2009. The fragile and porous borders-understood in a political, social, and personal sense as well-are reflected in Bettina Pousttchi's sculpture Cleared of transparent glass. The crystallized jungle is declared a military restricted area, though it remains accessible at your own risk. Their matte surfaces contrast with golden intarsia from an unknown precious material or culture. The two sculptures by Des Hughes also seem like fragments of a meteorite. Is it a meteorite providing clues about the origins of our earth and its ever crystallizing inner core of iron and nickel, or is it a biological pathogen that has caused the breakdown of time? A massive layer of transparent glass surrounds like protective armor a red clump of material. Wilhelm Mundt's transparent glass sphere could also be an explanatory model for the crystal world. Sanders, the protagonist of Ballard's novel, is a scientist, and initially he seeks rational explanations for the continued crystallization and solidification of the jungle. Do these models thereby result in a deeper understanding of our world's objects and their inner structures? Sulfur molecules, for example, can form various crystal structures.
As scientific visual aids, models of sulfur, polyethylene, and alcohol molecules help make a world visible that would otherwise escape visual perception. The Worm Returns is an early sculpture by Tony Cragg.
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