pAlice

21, Monitor Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States

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pAlice

21, Monitor Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States

Firm

YEAR

2009

Name : pAlice
Materials: Chipboard & Reflective Mylar
Dimensions: 10' x 10' x 15'
pAlice is made of over 2400 laser cut triangles and over 3600 custom
connections. All of the tooling and labeling was automated using a custom
written MEL script.
The piece connects all of the openings in the room with a singular surface,
turning it inside-out and giving viewers reference to the exterior of the room
without physical access to it. Viewers can also look inside the surface from
the outside of the room and see a space that is the surface average of these
openings without actually seeing the interior space of the room.
The name of the piece is a reference to the idea of an Alice Universe: An Alice
universe can be considered to allow at least two topologically-distinct routes
between any two points (it is doubly connected), and if one connection (or
"handle") is declared to be a "conventional" spatial
connection, at least one other must be deemed to be a non-orientable wormhole
connection.
Also references Lewis's Carroll's Alice Through the looking glass. The piece
approximates a highly precise piece of geometry, but is covered in mirrored
panels that camouflage the form by reflecting the interior of the room,
covering the piece with the same texture as the interior of the room,
completing the formal surface as an inversion of the room.Team:

Michael Szivos

Jose Gonzalez

Brandt Graves:

Carrie McKnelly

Thanks:

Troy Zezula

Elliot White