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suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

SHEN li: Toroidal porosity allows the global morphology, equationally derived from the lemniscate, to be defined by a topology of continous local surfacure. Both interior and exterior of the global geometry have distinct surface animations, yet are connected by a field of toroidal holes. Local units deform according to the speed of oscillation, torquing and loosening relative to the lemniscate geometry and producing a dual-sided sea of ever-changing figurations and dispositions.

sP: What or who influenced this project?
Sl: Sea anemone, truncated pyramids, John Hejduk.

sP: What were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project?
Sl: Bruce Sterling’s Schismatrix, Miike Snow, Ben Folds.

sP: Whose work is currently on your radar?:
Sl: Julie Mehretu, Victor Timofeev, Iris Van Herpen, Issey Miyake, Skylar Tibbits.

Additional credits:
Andrew Saunders, Joseph Fala, and William Pyatt.