Artwork: 2005.19.1
2v Double-Layer Tensegrity Octahedron (variation)
From the artist, Bob Burkhardt "I completed assembling this figure on June 1, 1997. It is a variation on 2v Double-Layer Tensegrity Octahedron. Here, the tendons, which connect the two layers, connect the outer points directly with the corresponding inner points (the outer layer is like a blown-up version of the inner layer except that it has two sizes of triangles rather than eight triangles of equal size). The result is shorter interlayer tendons. The twelve struts are thus no longer organized as four tensegrity tripods. This made the structure more difficult to assemble".
19.5 x 17.5 inches
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