F 1 =1:F 2 =1
F n+1 = F n +F n-1
(Name of the work)
"Shmuel's divinity is the amazing tension that lies along the course, charged with inexplicable beauty, between life and death. Shmuel explores these two extremes through nature,
The work invites us to observe nature and witness phenomena that inspire astonishment, and can be explained through Supreme Mathematics embodied in mathematical formulas such asthe Fibonacci Sequence (in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones,) which is a simple mathematical series describing many processes in nature and phenomena whose forms are based on the Golden Ratio (in which the ration of two quantities is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger one,) that produces harmony and rhythm and preserves the idea of the original pattern.
Phenomena like the arrangement of sunflower seeds and of flower petals; natural flow form of air in tornadoes that turn around their axis; the anatomical ratio of various body parts; and the shape of the shells and snails, are all included in this unique mathematical series that is characterized as a Divine Proportion (as termed by Renaissance Italian mathematician LucaPacioli.)
The theoretical basis for the presence of regular formal patterns in nature, began back in ancient Greece with Plato who studied pattern properties in nature and discovered an ideal form, from which replicas (imperfect physical objects) are derived. As Darcy Wentworth Thompson conclusively proved in his book On Growth and Form (1917), nature can be represented by simple mathematical formulas. In his book, Thompson
describes the mathematical relationship of spiral growth pattern in plants.
The installation consists of shells that were constructed in the hands of Shmuel, starting from nothing. Their form is recognizable, but their size, proportions, and color seem to be from out of this world. They were chosen as the perfect image to represent the wonder and exquisite beauty that is inherent to that tension that ties together the living and the dead, including the gaze – or the approval – that they require.
At first glance, the shells appear to be flawless and conform to a shell's familiar formal pattern. However, closer examination (as is often required when studying nature), would reveal a concealed beauty in the variability and divergence among the different shells."
From the exhibition text