Glass Box Project(s)

Celestial Bodies

The concept  
behind the first chapter, Celestial Bodies, circles around the  
fundamental understanding of gravity and the connection between all  
things. Science explains the movement of the planets based on gravity  
and the barycenter of their masses. Science explains gravity and the  
reason behind the rotation of planets as:

“When two celestial bodies of comparable mass interact gravitationally, both orbit about a fixed point (the centre of mass
  of the two bodies). This point lies between the bodies on the line  
joining them at a position such that the products of the distance to  
each body with the mass of each body are equal.”

Applying
  the law of gravity to our human scale Chun-Mei Chuang in her article 
on  e-flux online journal "Politics of Orbits: Will We Meet Halfway?" Compares the connection between planets to socio-political connection  
between lives on earth. She argues that while we orbit together in our  
solar system we also revolve and “wrap around each other.”  Chuang states:

"The
  epistemic transition from the visible earth and Sun to the invisible  
center of mass reveals the evolution of our cognitive devices as  
physical beings. This evolution spans the intuition and concepts  
inherent to naked-eye science and the increasingly complex assemblages  
of extended cognition. While the concept of the system allows us to see 
 the bigger picture, we are also urged to see the processes on a smaller
  scale."

The
  idea of gravity and revolving together and around one another at the smaller scale  has been
  at the center of this chapter, with Glass Box  
functioning as the barycenter of the relationship. 

https://www.britannica.com/science/gravity-physics/Interaction-between-celestial-bodies#ref210841

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/114/366096/politics-of-orbits-will-we-meet-halfway/

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/114/366096/politics-of-orbits-will-we-meet-halfway/

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