The Super Collider - Gestalt Project Phase 3

Oh, so your so-called "Hadron" Super Collider can accelerate particles, huh? Well guess what? My collider exhibits the Gestalt principles of design! Take That!

What is it?

Phase 3 of this projects presents us with what is called "The Super Collider". It consists of eight separate compositions - the three black and white Gestalt principle compositions, the three gray-scale compositions, and two negative versions of the aforementioned six compositions (visit previous posts to see these compositions in full detail). As well as assembling these eight compositions into a collider, the class was also required to add three-dimensional design elements to the collider to add visual interest.

What makes it interesting?

One aspect of this super collider that makes it interesting has do do with how the artist attempts to establish a variety of artistic themes in each section of the collider. Specifically, each section has a 3-D element that collides with all three boundaries of the area (which helps establish balance in the piece), but the style of these 3-D elements changes based on which composition was used to create the section. This choice of composition doesn't only add visual interest by establishing theme, but also by creating movement across all sections of the collider. This is because the 3-D elements of the collider, while they are themed differently, seem to continue through the walls of the collider between sections, encouraging the viewer to observe every part of the collider. Another interesting aspect of the super collider deals with the closure suggested by certain 3-D elements - specifically those seen in sections created with the closure composition. The collider consists of three sections built with the closure composition (a black and white, a negative, and a gray-scale), and each of these sections has a 3-D element that portrays a small section of a cube. Because each of these three sections has the same element with the same color and the same size, there is enough information present for the viewer's mind to fill in the gaps and visualize a full cube intersecting the collider.