Proper Motion
Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Yonkers, NY 2003
In this site-specific installation, Vargas-Suarez Universal investigates High Proper Motion of the stars. High Proper Motion is the accelerated movement of distant stars and constellations over millions of years. The pictures we commonly draw of stars to represent constellations, such as the Big Dipper, Orion, or Bootes, are in reality a snapshot of stars in motion. Using astronomy software, Vargas-Suarez was able to find out what the High Proper Motion of numerous stars in familiar constellations would look like if traced out in the sky. Vargas-Suarez takes this information and translates it into abstract murals of the stars painted directly ontly onto the museum's walls.
In discussing his work, Vargas-Suarez Universal explains that he has an "inclination towards observations of the natural world and how forms change in both two and three dimensional space."
He is interested in the appropriation of technical and scientific information. Whether it is from architecture, biological structures, or astronomy. He seeks to transform them into new images that force the viewer into a reexamination of how we see the world we live in.
This exhibition has been funded in part by a grant from Heineken USA Incorporated.
In this site-specific installation, Vargas-Suarez Universal investigates High Proper Motion of the stars. High Proper Motion is the accelerated movement of distant stars and constellations over millions of years. The pictures we commonly draw of stars to represent constellations, such as the Big Dipper, Orion, or Bootes, are in reality a snapshot of stars in motion. Using astronomy software, Vargas-Suarez was able to find out what the High Proper Motion of numerous stars in familiar constellations would look like if traced out in the sky. Vargas-Suarez takes this information and translates it into abstract murals of the stars painted directly ontly onto the museum's walls.
In discussing his work, Vargas-Suarez Universal explains that he has an "inclination towards observations of the natural world and how forms change in both two and three dimensional space."
He is interested in the appropriation of technical and scientific information. Whether it is from architecture, biological structures, or astronomy. He seeks to transform them into new images that force the viewer into a reexamination of how we see the world we live in.
This exhibition has been funded in part by a grant from Heineken USA Incorporated.