kresh: (im)possibilities
Donnerstag, 16. Mai 2013 - 19:00 Uhr
Künstlerhaus
16. Mai bis 16. Juni 2013
For centuries, Aristotle stated that there is a perfect stacking in which tetrahedra fill all without leaving space – a stacking to 100%. According to him, "It's accepted that there are only three plane figures that can fill the plane: triangle, quadrilateral and hexagon, and only two solids, the pyramid and the cube." In its reasoning, it is clear that these "figures" refer to polygons and regular polyhedra, and that the "pyramid" in question is evidently a regular tetrahedron. This belief has become a dogma, an absolute truth. And for a long time, and without a single questioning, we have inherited of it. The error went unnoticed for almost 1800 years, until a German, Johannes Müller (1436-1476), known as Regiomontanus, revealed it."
In collaboration with Eugène Stassen - Electronic Engineer and Phil Maggi - Musician.