Our assignment was to create, out of origami, an object that represents ‘progress’. I have always been fascinated by nature’s ability to form geometry shapes out of atoms to molecules, an interesting example of this would be the bucky ball.

I chose to create the geodesic sphere origami using the laser cutter. To me, the sphere in many aspects represents progress because of its constant repeating faces, the more faces the object encompassed the more sphere it becomes. However the object also holds elements of failure, because although the more faces the object has the more sphere-like it will become, it will never become a sphere, which has only one face.

My intention with the black ink brush marks was to convey (through the linear marks) a sense of “organized” life and artificiality. The sides of the triangle (taped together) are abstract ink renderings of flesh or body parts. The goal was to Question the progress of artificial intelligence, and it’s relation to the human narrative. Is flesh, or “organic” material superior to “Artificial?” Does a robot think in 4 dimensions, does a human think in 3?”Clearly this small assignment does not do the idea justice. However this was where my head was at the time.

Joseph Beuys (b. 1921 in Krefeld, Germany, d. 1986)

• I Like America and America Likes Me (on Vimeo, images, on YouTube) [1974]

Jean Tinguely (b. 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland, d. 30 August 1991 in Bern)

• Chaos I [1971]
• Self Portrait
• Tinguely Museum @ Basel

Roman Signer (b. 1938 in Appenzell, Switzerland)

• Helikopter [1994]
• Schweben in einer Kiste (Hovering in a Box) [1999]
• 56 Klein Helicopter (56 Small Helicopters) [2008]

Pierre Huyghe (b. 1962 in Paris, France)

• Pierre Huyghe on Art21
• “Untitled” @ Documenta 13 [2012]
• Time Keeper [1999]

Peter Flemming (b. 1967 in Halifax, Canada)

• Manual [1998/2006]

Gedi Sibony (b. 1973 in NYC)

Luke Loeffler (b. 197x in Okalahoma, USA)

• Brain Blur [2012]
• Sound of Vapor [ 2011]

David Bithell (b. 1976 in San Diego, USA)

• A View of the Santa Rosa Mountains as seen from the Borrego Badlands [1999]

John Peña (b. ? in Washington, USA)

• Untitled Cloud Series [2012]
• Wooden Cow [2009]
• Letters to the Ocean [2003-present]