Completing an MFA in Art in the Contemporary World at NCAD in 2022, I continue to explore the fold as an emergent site of transformation based on material-led research and the writing of Levi Bryant. Introducing complex origami surfaces and ideas of ‘non-knowledge’ that must be experienced directly allows me to go beyond thought and communicate directly through sculpture. Seeing the fold as an endlessly connecting structure between different fields, this trans-disciplinary approach offers collaborative possibilities in a growing range of fields that include sculpture, architecture, robotics, dance, skateboard performance, and sound composition. Co-authoring a number of papers on the subject, origami surfaces continue to inspire me on a range of visual, scientific, and philosophical levels.

Alex Pentek

The fold as a site of transformation

he/him

'Meta-table', 2022

'Meta-table', 2022

'Meta-table', 2022

'Meta-table', 2022

'Meta-table', 2022

'Meta-table', 2022

'Meta-chair', 2022

'Meta-chair', 2022

'Meta-chair' at Solstice Arts Centre, 2022

'Meta-chair' at Solstice Arts Centre, 2022

'The Origami of Being', Performance

'The Origami of Being', Performance

'The Origami of Being', NCAD Gallery

'The Origami of Being', NCAD Gallery

Material research of folded ontology, at Solstice Arts Centre, 2022

Material research of folded ontology, at Solstice Arts Centre, 2022

Un-folding Realities, 2022
Folded Ontology tests a number of origami axioms and introduces the writing of Levi Bryant

Research

Folding plinth as part of the 'The Origami of Being' performance

Folding plinth as part of the 'The Origami of Being' performance

Meta-table under construction at the artist's studio, National Sculpture Factory, Cork

Meta-table under construction at the artist's studio, National Sculpture Factory, Cork