Applied Pure Series

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Photographic close up of ripples in water surface emanating from a single drop

Applied Pure at the MI

Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

The Exhibition

Andrew Wiles Building, The Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

18 November – 6 December 2019

The exhibition consisted of a series of black and white, digitally enlarged photograms (photographic shadows), displaying the patterns of the natural phenomena found from a human's relationship with water and light.

The artwork was made for the mathematicians to meditate on the natural phenomena of water and light, in the light that it might inform and enlighten their understanding of nature.

The exhibition was paired with a Music & Light symbiotic event of the same name.

The artwork "Drop | God" is now in the permanent collection of the Mathematical Institute.

Gallery of Applied Pure series

Black and white inverted photogram of a the shadow of a drop pf water creating waves of water patterns.

"Drop | God" Photogram originally made in 2012, digitally enlarged in 2019 92.3 x 92.3cms

Two landscape panels with the inverted shadow of Kate's hand in the right-hand panel. The finger tips are white, where contact is made with the paper and there is a drag of the patterns of the liquid developer behind the fingers, that expand into the left panel. The hand is moving from left to right across the diptych and a faint shadow of a first flash can be seen within the main image of the hand, suggesting time and movement.

"Hand through developer diptych" Photogram originally made in 2011, digitally enlarged in 2019 2 x 84 x 58cms

Black and white photogram of the inverted shadow of Kate's hand in the liquid photographic developer, creating movement and liquid patterns, enlarged

"Hand in Developer | Primal" Photogram originally made in 2012, digitally enlarged in 2019, 73.5 x 59.1cm

Black and white photogram of the inverted shadow of Kate's hands and arms, in a sink of water, creating movement and liquid patterns, enlarged

"Washing Hands Triptych" Photogram originally made in 2011, digitally enlarged in 2019, 3 x 96.5 x 75.3cm

Black and white photogram of 10 week old baby in a long bath, originally made in 2012

"Cecilia in the Bath | Still Life" 2019 Photogram originally made in 2012, digitally reproduced with the same scale in 2019, 143 x 51.7cms

Black and white photogram of the shadow of four gold cubes, looks abstract and slanted

"Shadow of Four Gold Cubes" Photogram originally made in 2018, digitally edited and enlarged in 2019, 118.9 x 43cms

Black and white photogram of the inverted shadow of water ripples

"Waves | Vibe" Digitally enlarged photogram of water surface, 73.5 x 50cms

Black and white photogram of two feathers floating, enlarged

"Floating Feathers", 2019 Photogram digitally enlarged, 50 x 35.4cms

Black and white photogram of the inverted silhouette of a glass with forget-me-nots and water, enlarged

"Forget-me-nots in glass of water" Photogram originally made in 2015, digitally enlarged in 2019 50 x 36.3cms

Black and white photogram of blossom petals and raindrops, enlarged

"Blossom and Rain" 2019 Photogram, digitally enlarged, 73.5 x 50cms

Black and white photogram of the inverted shadow of a tumbler glass, enlarged

"Glass of Water | Yin" Photogram digitally reproduced in 2019 50 x 36.1cms

Black and white photogram of the shadow of a tumbler glass, enlarged

"Glass of Water | Yang" Photogram digitally reproduced in 2019 50 x 36.1cms

Black and white photogram of the inverted shadow of a tumbler glass and a wine glass, enlarged

"Two Glasses | Yin" Photogram digitally reproduced in 2019 50 x 19.7cms

Black and white photogram of the shadow of a tumbler glass and a wine glass, enlarged

"Two Glasses | Yang" Photogram digitally reproduced in 2019 50 x 19.7cms

Gallery of installation views

The scale of the artworks was made to fit the magnificent architecture of the Andrew Wiles Building, designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects.

An arrangement of wall-mounted photograms. Left: cube casting shadows. Centre: baby in bathwater. Right: Solarised hand making ripples in water.

Applied Pure exhibition at the Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford University, UK.

An arrangement of photograms installed within a glass cabinet, adjacent to similar wall-mounted pieces.

Applied Pure exhibition at the Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford University, UK.

View of large glass skylight in the exhibition space

"Drop | God" in the Applied Pure exhibition at the Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford University, UK. This piece is now in the Mathematical Institute's permanent collection.

Overview of photogram exhibition in hall space

Applied Pure exhibition at the Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford University, UK.

Triptych of photograms. Right shows a inverted hand making ripples in water, the left shows ripples left behind in the water.

Applied Pure exhibition at the Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford University, UK.

Kate poses next to a triptych of photograms showing various ripples in water

"Washing Hands Triptych" and Kate Beaugié at the Applied Pure exhibition at the Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford University, UK.

“Delicious.”

Martin Kemp, art writer, historian and leading authority on Leonardo Da Vinci.

Kate would like to thank all the sponsors for their contribution in making this venture possible.

Supporting logos: Arts Council England, Oxford Mathematics and University of Oxford, Oxford City Council, Torch: University of Oxford, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. — Arts Council England, Oxford Mathematics and University of Oxford, Oxford City Council, Torch: University of Oxford, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. Kate would also like to thank Anthony White, Mrs Mary Esslemont and the Tory Family Foundation for their generous financial contributions.

Thank you to all who contributed to this project: Louisa Love documentary photographer & art installation assistant, David Alderman artist’s assistant, photographer & art installation assistant, Mark Doyle technical assistance.

And much thanks to Prof. Balazs Szendroi, Art Curator and Mathematics Professor at the University of Oxford, who first saw Kate's photograms in the exhibition SURFACE in 2018 (curated by Nico Kos Earle) and invited her to be a resident artist.

This project is dedicated to the memory of Kate's great-grandfather, Sidney Edmund Beaugié bn. August 21, 1879, who achieved a double first in Mathematics and French at the University of Oxford in the early 1900s.

Applied Pure Series

Applied Pure at the MI

Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

The Exhibition

Gallery of Applied Pure series

Gallery of installation views

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