Intersection Point Zero is an original sculpture by Hugh Meade executed in Aluminum and Steel (2017). Overall height is just under ten feet tall. footprint is approximately six feet by six feet. Sculpture consists of two metal arches, intersecting at right angles. One is made from weathering steel with a rust patina. The other is made from aluminum with a bright silver grinder-polished finish. The
steel arch is all straight lines and right angles. The Aluminum arch has an organic, rounded appearance. Artist statement:
Intersection Point Zero represents the principle of human creativity, which requires both nonlinear, spontaneous idea generation in the imagination and logical linear thinking to execute ideas in the real world. Inspired by the longitude and latitude meridians that humans have placed upon our planet to measure distance and time from an arbitrary starting point (Greenwich, England, for example), Intersection Point Zero imagines a starting point for alignment to the creative principle in human experience. Where the arches come together, there is a four inch square void between them. A person standing directly under this void can look up through the intersection and imagine an infinite Euclidian line extending from the center of their body up through the arches and out into space, and also through the earth beneath their feet and out into space in the opposite direction. This aligns them with a "starting point" of creativity, from which they can move in any direction. The initial placement of this work is in Carrizoso, New Mexico, and is possible through the Patronage of Gary K. The work is available for purchase through Gary, and can be relocated anywhere in the world.
