Suzanne van Rest - Standing on the shoulders of giants
The concept for this proposal is based on two starting-points.The first one is about Newton and his famous phrase: “Standing on the shoulders of giants”. This sculpture has to be seen as an abstract image of science in general. Scientists build further on discoveries of other scientists. The neon light tubes and the red balls represent the different turns and ways scientists are taking, believing on their intuition and knowledge, hoping to solve problems and discover something new - they build a 'sculpture' of science that remains unfinished.
The second starting-point is based on a contemporary science, the nano technology. An investigation into a world a million times smaller than the human hair, but with practical consequences that are bigger than we can imagine. For the first time it is possible to examine the individual pieces of material and to determine the exact composition. It is at this scale that the processes of life, of humans as well as animals and plants, are most interesting. In this case you can for example see the tubes as connections between atoms, the red balls. Or as carbon tubes with their connections.
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