Krystyna Burczyk
My works are different. May be abstract like pure beauty or have
organic form. Or reside somewhere between the order of the geometric
structure and the chaos of folding.
Sometimes the mathematical structure is easily visible, sometimes it
doesn't exhibit outside, but for sure it exists inside. Sometimes the
structure become more complex during the construction as spirals
create additional polygons.
I am sure that without mathematics my works would not exist. For me
the mathematics is a way of thinking, a way of seeing the world, a way
to understand the universe. l always arrange paper into a mathematical
structure with a passion for seeing, understanding, and creating!
The structure of the work (Pentakis Dodecahedron or Geodesic Icosahedron [1,1]) refers to the structure of viruses studied in laboratories. The colors reflect the strong emotions that accompanied us in the year of the pandemic: despair and hope, pain and relief, expectation. The flat tape that weaves around the structure refers to the mathematical concept of the Hamiltonian path, but also symbolizes the vaccine for which we waited so long as we fought – and are still fighting – to defeat the virus.