About

As an architect and sculptor, Gaelen Pinnock uses two-dimensional representation to develop and describe ideas that may be created in a three-dimensional world. As an artist, he works the other way around, often distilling three-dimensional reality into two dimensions, but luring a viewer into reading the third dimension.

To be accurately described and communicated, the X, Y and Z axes – the fidelity of Cartesian space – must hold true for space and form. But every paradigm begs questioning. Our perception relies on an intrinsic trust in Cartesian accuracy, even when it’s not there.

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