Conrad Shawcross, The Nervous Systems (Inverted) (2011). Images courtesy of MUDAM and artist.

One hundred and sixty two strings slowly wind down from suspended hexagonal structures in the Grand Hall of MUDAM Luxembourg, braiding into a colorful, ever-growing heap on the floor in The Nervous Systems (Inverted) by Conrad Shawcross. The sculpture will be on display and churning out rope though May 6, the latest of Shawcross’s rope machines that he has been creating since 2003, addressing scientific, mathematical, and philosophical concepts with both admiration and an inquisitive eye.

Conrad Shawcross, The Nervous Systems (Inverted) (2011)

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