Slovakian artist Roman Ondak's interactive installation titled Measuring the Universe
started as a blank white room and evolved into a room with a strip of celestial black
marks all around the gallery space at Tate St Ives. Through the participation of over
90,000 visitors measuring themselves and marking it on the walls, spectators get a visual
sense of the space each of us takes up in this vast universe. It's a reflection of physical
occupied space as well as interconnectivity. Each person serves as a star in a network
of celestial bodies or constellations. It's also interesting the way this project has
organically evolved into a sparse series of black marks on white walls that resemble a
galaxy whose monochromatic scheme has been reversed.
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