THE LIMITATIONS OF LOGIC AND THE ABSENCE OF ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY, 2009
THE LIMITATIONS OF LOGIC AND THE ABSENCE OF ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY, 2009
The Limitations of Logic and the Absence of Absolute Certainty is a man-made tornado, mimicking the processes that are conducive to real tornados. Although the installation willingly reveals the science behind it, at the same time the work acknowledges that there is something inherently unknowable and uncontrollable about the way in which naturally or artificially induced tornados move and behave. The title of the work is derived from mathematician Kurt Gödel’s ‘incompleteness theorem’, a simultaneously complicated and simple theory that states that within systems there are things that are true but not provable. Gödel’s theorem applies not just to math but to everything that is subject to the laws of logic.
Alistair McClymont (UK)
°1978
Alistair McClymont is an artist and designer, living and working in London. His work is a continuing process of discovery and experimentation, ranging across a variety of materials and practices. Recent work is underlined by a search for what it is to be human. Each piece takes a small subject area and breaks it down into something understandable and perhaps beautiful.
Alistair McClymont graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in sculpture, in 2005.
