Sphere 315

In his work Sphäre 315, one four-millionth of the Earth’s diameter, Hartmut Skerbisch bolts together six circles, each scaled to the next by the golden ratio and thereby appealing to beholders’ sense of harmonious balance. At the same time it unifies the essence of a whole in its pure material constitution and formal reduction. As interactive elements of the work, visitors move here as indicators between themselves, their own physicality and size in relation to the world in which they are registered, and a larger permeable system. Thus we gain an insight into individual segments of the sphere, attempt to perceive relative dimensions and distances or to discover the spherical penetration of this seemingly solid body.

Elisabeth Fiedler