Erica Minuz
My research interests lie in interpreting abstract mathematical
concepts in visual language. Mathematical structures generate my
narrations and visual storytelling. I have been working in the field
of algebraic topology as a mathematician (Aarhus University) and
studied art and illustration. This series of drawings focuses on
understanding and visualizing topological spaces. Topological spaces
are shapes in constant movement: they are floating, rotating,
shrinking and squeezing. Like the organisms represented by Ernst
Haeckel, they can be studied, classified, described and, especially,
they can be drawn.
This drawing is a part of a series of five drawings representing
various aspects of topological spaces: dimension, classification,
interpretation. Here we can see the operation of cutting and
gluing surfaces in order to form new ones.