Bottlefield

An algorithmic field of wine bottles that reads like the sea

Bottlefield is a field of wine bottles rising out of a plywood base, tilted together so the surface reads like the swell of the sea, and under that, like messages set adrift toward some far shore. The base does the quiet work: layered plywood, each layer cut with openings that cradle a bottle neck and hold its angle. Even without the bottles, the stack of layers and voids stands on its own. The whole thing is driven by an algorithm, so it can scale up or down while keeping its character.

Role
Co-author
Year
2020
Collab
Adam Cigler
Material
Glass bottles, plywood
Bottlefield installation by Petr Vacek, wine bottles forming a wave-like surface
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