helaman ferguson sculpture: Superstring Virus II

Provenance:

carved directly in the garage of Gordon and Dorothy of Utica College in 1996 during the Hamilton College and Utica College exhibitions and workshops.

Collection:

of the artist

Availability:

allow 15 weeks

Price:

$10,000 (USD) for a similar casting

Dimensions:

2 ½ ′ x 2 ½ ′ x 2 ½ ′

Weight:

10 lbs

Engraving:

x, y, z, t axes (four 1-forms), xΛy, xΛz, xΛt, yΛz, yΛt, zΛt, (six 2-forms), to account for all ten dimensions.

Material:

Silicon bronze

Cf., that physicist's paper suggesting that anyone who believes in more than the four dimensions of space-time is suffering from a disorder at best or a disease at worst. I thought that such an ailment should have an accompanying virus, since it does not appear to respond to any known antibiotic.

Photo credit is Sunforge Studios.