 Event Horizon 2005 Glass, fluid, turbine, steel 190 x 90 x 90 cm |
 Succession 2004 Wax, steel, british army 20mm cannon projectile cavity 200 x 65 x 40 cm |
 Succession 2004 Wax, steel, british army 20mm cannon projectile cavity 200 x 65 x 40 cm |
 Succession 2004 Wax, steel, british army 20mm cannon projectile cavity 200 x 65 x 40 cm |
The Mirror of Time: The Art of Petroc Sesti
Is it Art? Is it Science? Is it neither or both?
The art of Petroc Sesti pushes the boundaries of art and science and
goes beyond both, taking us to new territory. His work looks strangely
new and feels oddly familiar. With the perpetual motion of "Event
Horizon," a liquid vortex contained in a bell jar, and the frozen time
of "Memory Of Matter" exploding wax torsos and heads caught in the stillness
of terminal violence, Sesti rivets our brain's attention and kindles our
need to explore the object. Once captured by the aura of the object,
we need to find something in the art that will release us from its
seductive grasp.
Sesti's art confounds cognition and kindles curiosity. This is an art
of subtle motion and intense emotion, an art of stillness and
transcendence, an art of violence and silence, an art of time
contained and time frozen. Sesti's art is an irresistible invitation
to your body, your brain, and your imagination. By tickling your
brain's ability to mirror itself in the object, Sesti's work succeeds
in seducing the viewer into a world of speculation and anxiety.
"Event Horizon" bends light like a prism; its perpetual vortex
hypnotizes the viewer. Reflecting on its ever changing spiral motion
my imagination wanders, the spiral nautilus, a tiny tornado captured
in a bell jar, the turning world underfoot that feels still, the
spiral helix coiled in the core of all living entities. To look
deeper into the dancing mirror, perhaps we can glimpse timelessness.
Mr. Phillip Romero. Art critic/neuropsychologist.
The figurative sculptures encloded here were made in collaboration with
the British Military, the male and female nude busts are made of 'hard wax'
revealing the science of human self mutilation, through the impact of real
military 20mm ammunition flesh wounds into the 'temporarely preheated to
body temperature' wax busts.The calm meditative posture of the figures are
altered only by the frozen moment of impact. Whilst the other works from
this MEMORY OF MATTER series explore a more abstract celebration of high
speend impact concentrating on the sculptural form being the both the event
and result of an exchange of energy, a moment in time frozen.
Is it Art? Is it Science? Is it neither or both?
The art of Petroc Sesti pushes the boundaries of art and science and
goes beyond both, taking us to new territory. His work looks strangely
new and feels oddly familiar. With the perpetual motion of "Event
Horizon," a liquid vortex contained in a bell jar, and the frozen time
of "Memory Of Matter" exploding wax torsos and heads caught in the stillness
of terminal violence, Sesti rivets our brain's attention and kindles our
need to explore the object. Once captured by the aura of the object,
we need to find something in the art that will release us from its
seductive grasp.
Sesti's art confounds cognition and kindles curiosity. This is an art
of subtle motion and intense emotion, an art of stillness and
transcendence, an art of violence and silence, an art of time
contained and time frozen. Sesti's art is an irresistible invitation
to your body, your brain, and your imagination. By tickling your
brain's ability to mirror itself in the object, Sesti's work succeeds
in seducing the viewer into a world of speculation and anxiety.
"Event Horizon" bends light like a prism; its perpetual vortex
hypnotizes the viewer. Reflecting on its ever changing spiral motion
my imagination wanders, the spiral nautilus, a tiny tornado captured
in a bell jar, the turning world underfoot that feels still, the
spiral helix coiled in the core of all living entities. To look
deeper into the dancing mirror, perhaps we can glimpse timelessness.
Mr. Phillip Romero. Art critic/neuropsychologist.
The figurative sculptures encloded here were made in collaboration with
the British Military, the male and female nude busts are made of 'hard wax'
revealing the science of human self mutilation, through the impact of real
military 20mm ammunition flesh wounds into the 'temporarely preheated to
body temperature' wax busts.The calm meditative posture of the figures are
altered only by the frozen moment of impact. Whilst the other works from
this MEMORY OF MATTER series explore a more abstract celebration of high
speend impact concentrating on the sculptural form being the both the event
and result of an exchange of energy, a moment in time frozen.