"The Gordian Knot "
Time lapse video and pictures of the fabrication process.
See the entire 6 day fabrication in a 2.5 minute time lapse video at the bottom of this page.
See the entire 6 day fabrication in a 2.5 minute time lapse video at the bottom of this page.
Above: Sculpture: "Gordian Knot" - to be installed in June 2008. Fabrication was completed April 30th 2008. The happy artist poses inside a tangle of stainless steel.
In September 2007 the sculpture: "Gordian Knot" was commissioned for the Center for Teaching and Learning Media at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
The Gordian Knot is a legend associated with Alexander the Great. In 333 BC, wintering at Gordian, Alexander attempted to untie the Gordian Knot. The legend claimed that whoever untangled the Gordian Knot would be rule Asia. Finding no end to the knot, or a way to unbind it, he sliced it in half with his sword. Alexander went on to conquer Asia, fulfilling the prophecy.
The term "Cutting the Gordian Knot" is today often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem, solved by a bold stroke.
For people the world over, the Gordian Knot represents the difficult, the intractable and often the insolvable problem.
Students are all called upon to learn and solve complicated problems. The best sometimes discover new and bold solutions for seemingly insolvable problems. The discovery of a new solution is analogous to Alexander's cutting the Gordian Knot.
"Gordian Knot" will be installed at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado in early June.
Six days of work compressed into a 2.5 minute time-lapse video.