Mountain Is An Inclined Plane

Initially employing an analytical approach, she has become well-recognized for merging mathematic and scientific understandings with creative observations, all in the search for a poetic result. These works mark a return to drafting with a series of 8 pairs of graphite drawings of staircases of different heights and widths. Each pair is made up of a “pictorial view” in a parallel perspective which shows the object as it would appear in 3D, and a “multi-view”, which shows the object as seen from different positions. The drawings use certain conventions from the visual language of technical drawing. The proportions of each staircase are based on the height of the most climbed mountains in the world. The height of the stairs is in relation to the elevation of the top of the mountain and the width of the stairs in relation to the amount of people that climb to the top of that mountain each year.