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.
!['Meta-table', 2022](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/c1e121ea68-1653557201/1-meta-table-1200x-q90.jpg)
'Meta-table', 2022
!['Meta-table', 2022](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/1673207220-1653557201/2-meta-table3-1200x-q90.jpg)
'Meta-table', 2022
!['Meta-table', 2022](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/7b1153531e-1653557202/3-meta-table2-1200x-q90.jpg)
'Meta-table', 2022
!['Meta-chair', 2022](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/bd9dc7d703-1653557203/4-meta-chairncad-1200x-q90.jpg)
'Meta-chair', 2022
!['Meta-chair' at Solstice Arts Centre, 2022](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/85dd40903c-1653557204/5-meta-chair2-1200x-q90.jpg)
'Meta-chair' at Solstice Arts Centre, 2022
!['The Origami of Being', Performance](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/12f37c7d88-1653557205/6-theorigamiofbeing2-1200x-q90.jpg)
'The Origami of Being', Performance
!['The Origami of Being', NCAD Gallery](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/daf82cf127-1653557206/7-theorigamiofbeing-1200x-q90.jpg)
'The Origami of Being', NCAD Gallery
![Material research of folded ontology, at Solstice Arts Centre, 2022](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/7e99aa5095-1653557206/8-materialresearch-1200x-q90.jpg)
Material research of folded ontology, at Solstice Arts Centre, 2022
Research
![Folding plinth as part of the 'The Origami of Being' performance](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/6a13e27d37-1653557207/9-foldingplinth-1200x-q90.jpg)
Folding plinth as part of the 'The Origami of Being' performance
![Meta-table under construction at the artist's studio, National Sculpture Factory, Cork](https://2022.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/alex-pentek/d01f8b00d4-1653557208/10-meta-tableconstruction-1200x-q90.jpg)
Meta-table under construction at the artist's studio, National Sculpture Factory, Cork