Jared Theis
Sheet Music Drawings & Quantum
Mechanics
@
cactus bra SPACE
106 C Blue Star
San Antonio, TX 78204
February 1 - 17, 2008
Opening Reception Friday, February 1, 2008, 6-9pm
After by Appointment
Music has always been
a very powerful and necessary part of my life. The last fifteen
years I have been absorbed in performing and composing music and my
recent body of work is an exploration of the relationship between
visual arts and the mathematical constructs of music.
The Sheet Music Drawings evolved from my recent study of chamber
music and a substantial interest in microscopy. The ethereal forms
in these ink on vellum drawings float weightlessly across pages of
sheet music and call to mind microorganisms, cellular activity, and
continental drift. The musical scores I've chosen for these drawings
are works I've studied, performed and loved deeply throughout my
life.
"Quantum Mechanics" is a labyrinthine floor installation I
began in January 2006 after hearing a Brian Greene physics lecture
in Austin. This piece is comprised of thousands of varied cylinders
reminiscent of piano rolls each with their own unique, dotted
pattern. These cylinders cluster together to form complex,
stalagmitic colonies in various stages of growth.
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Exhibition Shot of Sheet Music Drawings and
Quantum Mechanics
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Close up Installation Shot
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Full Shot of Quantum Mechanics by Jared
Theis
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