Kingfisher

Petra shows the outer beauty and wonderful mathematics of nature and removes restrictions of scale and materiality from her subject matter by transferring it to the digital world. With a great eye for detail, she makes a three-dimensional drawing, composed of a grid of vectors and colors of the chosen subject. This digital grid then forms the basis for a play of lines which shows the digital, vector interpretation of the natural phenomenon in materials such as wood, aluminum, metal or silk, in combination with a sample of colors that the original once possessed.

This work of art is cut into metal with bio-fluorine sprayed on the back in the color of the chosen subject. Partly due to the change of light during the day and because the artwork hangs 1 cm from the wall, it is a dynamic work. As the day progresses, there are different colors of drop shadow - light gray, gray, violet, dark gray, black - as well as the reflection of the fluor, visible on the wall and under UV light, the accents of the natural phenomenon are further emphasized.

Details
PETRA HART
Kingfisher
2017
165x150 cm 1 SOLD
3 + 1 AP 
 

The Japanese high-speed train Shinkansen Bullet (300 km / h) was called 'bullet train' because the front was round in the shape of a bullet. Every time the train pulled out of a tunnel, there was a bang. Due to its tremendous speed, it compressed all the air in the tunnel, which then literally exploded on the other side. Not nice for the passengers and neighbors.

Engineer Eiji Nakatsu was responsible for the construction of the train and was therefore ordered to make the train quieter. Coincidentally, he was a bird watcher. If a kingfisher dives into the water while hunting, it hardly splashes. Nakatsu found that very intriguing and wondered how the kingfisher could adapt so quickly from low air resistance to high water resistance. The answer to that was the solution to the problem. By modeling the front of the train to the animal's beak, the train not only became much quieter, it also resulted in 10 percent more speed and 15 percent less energy consumption. The work of art is part of the art series Treasures of nature. More information