Valeria Divinorum
Brooklyn-based visual artist & architect Valeria Divinorum works with glass-metal sculptures, art installations and video art. With formal training in the School of Architecture in Buenos Aires, her work specializes in stained-glass sculptural objects which she uses as a lens to experiment with the intangible properties of light.
The Hypercube
My practice embodies light, geometry, structures and translates symbolism from ancient cultures into contemporary creations, finding new forms relating to spatial interaction by the interpenetration of space into one single sculpture. My artworks are inspired by the mathematical proportions that appear in nature, which I use as reference to create new shapes within the glass media.
I have deep interest in exploring the optical perception of space through traditional techniques and tangible textures. My work plays with the articulation between physical space (walls/architecture) and intangible space, defined by diffracted light and shadows. Light reacts with my pieces to form immersive colored reflections in space, and in turn, uniquely transforms every viewer’s experience. The use of mirrors, dichroic glass and beveled glass generate the repetition of geometric patterns and they allow me to create dispersion of light into spectral components. My passion and fascination with glass derives from its similarities with water: light and color can travel through both media, and both are also able to reflect it.
My intention is to generate a common symbolic language decoding information that we all have in our own biological structure and memory, highlighting the beauty of the basic coincidences of something common. A sensitive atmosphere to recognize the universe from its macro (fractals) to its micro (cells) expressed in the mathematics and the geometry of the holographic figures. My work invites us to establish a deeper contemplation of our universe and its message is about an essential ceremony for health and spirituality. If everything is determined by how and what we perceive, understanding the mechanics of perception can contribute to change our own reality.
I have deep interest in exploring the optical perception of space through traditional techniques and tangible textures. My work plays with the articulation between physical space (walls/architecture) and intangible space, defined by diffracted light and shadows. Light reacts with my pieces to form immersive colored reflections in space, and in turn, uniquely transforms every viewer’s experience. The use of mirrors, dichroic glass and beveled glass generate the repetition of geometric patterns and they allow me to create dispersion of light into spectral components. My passion and fascination with glass derives from its similarities with water: light and color can travel through both media, and both are also able to reflect it.
My intention is to generate a common symbolic language decoding information that we all have in our own biological structure and memory, highlighting the beauty of the basic coincidences of something common. A sensitive atmosphere to recognize the universe from its macro (fractals) to its micro (cells) expressed in the mathematics and the geometry of the holographic figures. My work invites us to establish a deeper contemplation of our universe and its message is about an essential ceremony for health and spirituality. If everything is determined by how and what we perceive, understanding the mechanics of perception can contribute to change our own reality.
Valeria Divinorum, The Hypercube, beveled glass, dichroic glass, color tinted mirror, flux, brass, copper foil, lead free solder and video projector, 12" x 12" x 12", 2019.
The Hypercube (detail)
