Moment
”Moment” is drawn using a tank of viscosity-adjusted paint to which a certain pressure is applied to force the paint out of a nozzle. The line of paint flows vertically downwards under gravity, like the black silicone oil in Nawa’s ”Force” series. A horizontal force is then applied, moving the nozzle like a pendulum in order to draw lines of varying curvature on a horizontally-mounted support. In some "Moment" works, the nozzle is fixed and the support is moved horizontally instead.
With tracks of relative movement inscribed in this way, ”Moment” serves to connect physicality with the Coriolis force produced by the inclination of the earth’s axis and centrifugal force, and with images of orbits or other manifestations of perpetual motion or mechanics in outer space.
