David Swart

Jörmungandr is a dragon/serpent who meanders through and fills his rectangular, 2D world. He dreams of living in 3D. So, that is what he does: he breaks out and weaves himself into a literal globe, his black spots becoming the continents. He literally encircles the world and bites his tail, like all good ouroboroi. This art piece continues the artist's exploration of creating papercraft globes. It explores three spaces at once: as a dragon in 2D planar space; as the globe in 3D spherical space; and as a progression of the color wheel in 1D linear space. The piece evokes Escher’s Dragon, the visual language of Celtic knots, and the Norse myth of Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent that encircled the world to bite its own tail.

Jörmungandr is a dragon/serpent who meanders through and fills his rectangular, 2D world. He dreams of living in 3D. So, that is what he does: he breaks out and weaves himself into a literal globe, his black spots becoming the continents. He literally encircles the world and bites his tail, like all good ouroboroi. This art piece continues the artist's exploration of creating papercraft globes. It explores three spaces at once: as a dragon in 2D planar space; as the globe in 3D spherical space; and as a progression of the color wheel in 1D linear space. The piece evokes Escher’s Dragon, the visual language of Celtic knots, and the Norse myth of Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent that encircled the world to bite its own tail.