The drawers which house the work within the Cavendish
Museum have a number of labels on the outside which both form part of the
book-like qualities of the piece and provide an invitation to their opening - together
they form a text piece
what
does science look like?
repetitive
actions repeated
the
space between
to
be repeatable
controlled
and recreated
noisy
like air
evidence
of activity
building
a set of rules
intentions
and actions
thinking
outside thinking
tools
for thinking
balancing
always balancing
imagined spaces
a space of possibilities
assumed knowledge
presenting evidence
controlled
spaces controlled
optimisation
is compelling
in
stillness and silence
potential
for revelation
nano
folk-law
tools
for the mind and hand
thinking
through making
limitations
are important
making
the invisible visible
created
spaces controlled
grasp an understanding
make
science
of
something dimensionless
defiantly
transitional
a block of knowledge
potential
for revelation
the
ritual of work
interesting
not interesting
object
making
things that are
true
spaces
are created
engagement
with rules
measuring forces
thinking about possibilities
