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Property	Value
@id	work:baabb7e7-da0e-490f-9fee-3d1116706403
type	vad:ArtRealization, vad:VisualArtForm, vad:VisualArts, vad:SculptureForm, vad:Art, vad:DigitalSculpture, vad:ArtForm, rdfs:Resource, vad:CreativeWork, vad:BlenderComposition
3D image	3D Viewer
background	Pasture Panorama
copyright notice	copyright © 2025 rspates. All Rights Reserved.
created date	2025-10-19
depth	3.5 meters
description	A tensegrity icosahedron with three female and three male figures in compression.
file format	JPEG
has artist profile	Blender application profile
height	3.4 meters
identifier	baabb7e7-da0e-490f-9fee-3d1116706403
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label	Tension Icosahedron
license	work:CC-4-0
note	It will be interesting if viewers see struggle or something more genteel. Perhaps elements of both.
published date	2025-10-19
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tag	Tension Icosahedron Criticism, Tension Series, Tension Series Collection
width	2.9 meters
work on site	rspates.art

Property	Value
Tag	Tension Icosahedron Criticism
definition	Provide an artistic critical assessment of this work "Tension Icosahedron," in the Tension series we've already discussed. The description is, "a tensegrity icosahedron with three female and three male figures in compression. The work is intended to be seen in 3D in the model-viewer component, but six images of the work from model-viewer with varying backgrounds are included for your consideration.
Tag	Tension Series
definition	A series of tensegrity sculptures with figures in compression.
Tag	Tension Series Collection
definition	The Tension series explores the paradox between structure and fragility through virtual sculptures modeled on tensegrity geometries. Each work fuses human figures in compression with networks of tensile connection, forming dynamic equilibria that hover between motion and collapse. Rendered as luminous 3D forms and experienced interactively in "model-viewer," the sculptures respond to shifting environments and light--each background panorama revealing new tonalities of reflection and balance. By situating these digital constructs in variable natural and urban contexts, the series transforms engineering into metaphor: human interdependence, emotional strain, and the delicate architectures that hold us together. In Tension, equilibrium is never static--it is lived, luminous, and perpetually on the edge of release.