Tis Ernst
Math, beauty & functionality moves Tis Ernst In her capacity as a
visual artist, Tis Ernst works from her fascination with ‘the human
being in movement’. For years, Tis worked together with her husband,
designer Raimond Puts (1937-2012). Their collaboration was a path
leading past physics and mathematics, technical proficiency and
philosophy. This TisR light piece is a tribute to her husband and
their collaboration. Quote: “Continuing the work has moved me
literally and figuratively since his passing” With ‘movement’
remaining one of the most important recurring themes in her work,Tis
is moving forwards with the visual studies and ideas they developed
together, but also with new shapes and materials, like the TisR
Visible
Math, beauty and functionality together: 3 aspect in my work This
lightobject is inspired by the icosahedron, a very special one:
the Raimond - the light object of my late husband Raimond Puts.
More than 25 years ago, we cut an image from the newspaper of a
carbon atom that helped me discover the relationship between a
carbon atom and the icosahedron. It seems to be an orthogonal
projection. When I realized a carbon atom can have the same shape
by projection, as one orthogonal projection of the icosahedron,
this became the starting point for my new light object. It is like
connecting the earthly with the starry sky, making the invisible
visible: the relationship between the icosahedron and the carbon
atom by an orthogonal projection.