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Eureka!

Wellington 2021

Amy Miller, Daniel Cruden

Eureka explores Archimedes’ principal, “The theory of displacement”. Legend has it that Archimedes discovered his famous theory of displacement while taking a bath. He realised the water that overflowed equalled the volume of the submerged part of his body. He was so excited that he ran naked through the streets shouting “Eureka, Eureka!” This project reimagines the principles of Archimedes theory through a relationship between the ocean, a diving board, the participant and an overflowing bath. When someone enters the bath, the Archimedes principal becomes apparent as the bath overflows. Markings on the side of the bath show the displacement and as the bath continuously refills, it overflows again and again. A video loop links the diving board to the container to capture the lack of visible displacement in the ocean when people jump off. These two sites act independently but become a collective when affliction is established between the two spaces - creating a ‘Eureka’ moment.

Amy Miller and Daniel Cruden met and studied together at Massey University. They graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Design majoring in Spatial Design. Since graduation they both work in the film industry, Amy works in the Art Department whilst Dan is in Costume. Their installation work focuses on creating moments of performance within simple routines and architecture, framing the unwitting public as performers.

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