Name of the model
Algol-loop
Author
Maria Pilar Cebey. Argentina, Italia.
Descriptive text
The rotating torus is made from a 140 x 200 cm paper sheet. Its movement is enabled by the multiple repeated folds in both directions, creating the effect of a double curvature.
The paper, collected from the streets of Bologna, Italy, features functions from a classic absurdist play where characters spend their time waiting for what never happens (Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot). It was folded in Patagonia as Algol was about to vanish from view and Scorpio began to appear in the east.
The creation of this figure involves repetition and perseverance in a precise task that I refined over time. The horizontal axis is glued, and I used magnets to close the vertical one, allowing the piece to be reduced to a cylinder for transport.
The figure seeks to generate fascination through discomfort and contradiction. How can paper move infinitely? Where are the limits of the sheet in this continuous figure?
Algol is not easy to explain and is not a single thing. Its light comes from several stars that overlap. Its story, that of Medusa, is told through terror. I prefer to identify with its mystery and find in its darkness another opportunity to understand myself. This figure is yet another attempt to practice transitions—my greatest superpower and my greatest weakness.
Algol is my heliacal rising star, and Scorpio is my heliacal setting star.
