Things that inspire us: Charles Ross, Solar Burns
Charles Ross studied Mathematics at UC Berkeley in the 60s while discovering his passion for making art.
Ross sources sunlight and starlight to produce and inspire his artworks. Using prisms to beam light’s spectrum into architectural spaces, he also employs lenses to focus and converge burning rays on surfaces.
Solar Burn in the time it takes sunlight to reach the Earth 1/30/77
Why we like it:
• The process, like the medium is simple. The juxtaposition and repetition create an obsessive observation of the phenomenon.
• The grid is a tool that helps present content in a clear and meaningful way. By removing visual distinction, the grid helps the viewer focus. The essential differences and relationships created throughout the visual information become narration. The artist removes specifics of individual pieces and encourage the viewers to focus on the essential differences, and the repetition of the process.
• The Sun is 150 million km away from our planet Earth. Light travels at 300,000 km/s. It took 500 seconds, or 8 minutes and 33 seconds for the light to travel and come burn the paper.
• The sun is drawing a portrait of itself.
Charles Ross’s work was brought to our attention by one of the many amazing users of Curator, Jeronimo Rosales @JeronimoRosales
