Jeanine Chapman

Footprint
Steel and Fabric
6"x 21'x 20'
2013

 

Influenced by the interaction of modern technologies and the natural world this piece was inspired by the form and use of carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes occur naturally in our world but because of today’s technologies we are able to reproduce and interact with this technology. By using colorful fabrics and the playful connotation of a trampoline I have enticed the viewer to step into the hexagonal shapes, leaving their footprint on nature. Further forcing them to think about the footprint modern technology is leaving on nature.