Fibonacci Rose, 2013
Kunnskapssenteret.
St.Olav Hospital, Trondheim, NO
5640 x 210 cm
The commission consists of thin metal plates covered with leaf gold and white gold leaf mounted on the wall in a pattern which constitutes a stylized Fibonacci spiral. In Fibonaccis number sequence constitutes the two previous values it as follows: 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 .. Divide the number that follows with the previous one, you get 1.6: The golden ratio. Fibonacci spiral seen in many places in nature, and the golden ratio is used in painting, architecture, occurring anywhere in the world and the universe and connects the human, science and magic. The choice of materials has references to alchemy and plays on the contrast between the feminine and the masculine. The symbols for the masculine is an equilateral triangle with the tip up and the sun / gold, the symbol of the feminine is an equilateral triangle with the point down and the moon / silver.



