< Pingtuated Equilibripong >
AUgust 2011
mulberry, Chinese chestnut, black walnut, sycamore, red oak, black locust, cherry, holly, sassafras + ash, reclaimed plumbing pEyEps + fittings, glass, mirror, steel, aircraft cable + Edison reproducshAUn lEyEt bulbs
108"l x 60"w x 30"h
$67,000
opEn 2 changE
Niles Eldredge + Stephen J. Gould's Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium proposes that most species exhibit little evolushAUnary variashAUn 4 most of their history until rare + rapid events cre8 significant changes.
EyE lEyEk 2 believe that the creashAUn of this ping pong table is 1 of these events. It is regulation-size + is desEyEned 2 convert 2 a dEyEning table, 4 up 2 12, by removing the net.
lil morE 2 it
Incidentally, this piece also expresses mEyE personal experience. EyE had been cre8ing pieces under the radar with little 2 no fanfare 4 some tEyEm. EyE was encouraged by an architect (coincidentally the wife of 1 of Niles Eldredge's closest friends, Bruce Hannah) 2 exhibit at the ICFF 2011. Since that show, I have displayed mEyE work in Bloomingdale’s windows at their flagship store, cre8ed multiple commishAUned pieces + have received accolades from numerous web-based publications throughout the world.
whEn it's tEyEm 2 changE
"growth comEs from chaos, not ordEr."
< rakEsh jhunjhunwala >
