Dan Simon
Inspiration for This Work
The need to explore the idea of uncertainty and the mental and physical plane of sensory perception.
Student Biography
As an artist, I try to challenge the common views of technology and society. This is done through the reflection and interaction with complex and outdated machinery in order to comment on society's current development and advancements. The large scale sculptures are usually based around kinesis, and involve some aspect of interaction with the viewer. This level of contact with the work exerts ideas of manual labour and slavery showing a change in order, progress and development within the history of humans. These large constructions inevitably portray the story that is human development and hints at the future showing the desired need for construction, technology, and change within our society.



![[Image work: War of the Roses 2005]](/2007/data/images/medium/z3173007_20071008133204.jpg)
![Number One [Number One]](/2007/data/images/small/z3173007_20070921131040.jpg)
![Number One (section) [Number One (section)]](/2007/data/images/small/z3173007_20071008132204.jpg)
![Cuboctahedron Cog Design [Cuboctahedron Cog Design]](/2007/data/images/small/z3173007_20071008132400.jpg)
![Icosidodecahedron sketch [Icosidodecahedron sketch]](/2007/data/images/small/z3173007_20071008131826.jpg)
![Icosidodecahedron [Icosidodecahedron]](/2007/data/images/small/z3173007_20071004173340.jpg)
![Twenty Million Cubic Liters 2006 [Twenty Million Cubic Liters 2006]](/2007/data/images/small/z3173007_20070921133216.jpg)
![Twenty Million Cubic Liters 2006 [Twenty Million Cubic Liters 2006]](/2007/data/images/small/z3173007_20071004172730.jpg)
![Ball 2005 [Ball 2005]](/2007/data/images/small/z3173007_20071004171610.jpg)
![War of the Roses 2005 [War of the Roses 2005]](/2007/data/images/small/z3173007_20071008133204.jpg)
