2017 Jan Cleveringa- Doin the Math- Sculpture

'Doing the Math' is a factory and commodified looking sculpture made from recycled materials using a dispersed angular form talking about technological rebirth, change by stealth, slow cultural change and waste-renewal much likened to a "zero sum game".

"In game theory and economic theory, a zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which each participant's gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants.

(2017: Zero-sum game - Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game)

The artwork is made from fluorescent light bulbs which are being slowly replaced by new LED technology. The artist recognizes and points to the change, as an idea whereby the change is occurring almost insidiously by stealth and unknown, as generally only a few people in society recognize the global change that is occurring and its potential impact socially in our culture and subsequently in people's lives and it's affect when digesting, sharing and refashioning the environment thus impacting unconsciously on identity.

Furthermore, the artist explores ideas around waste and sustainability and a Call to Action regarding 'Green Power' and it's parameters.

2016 Jan Cleveringa- "The Passing"- Hidden Sculpture Exhibition

As a contemporary artist who explores impacts of global cultural change and identity.  "The Passing", is a grave top installation sculpture made from 1,000 fluorescent light bulbs at Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, as part of Hidden Sculptural Exhibition Rookwood Cemetery 2016 that won a commended award.

The Installation is a representation about slow cultural change affecting identity, waste and renewal.

It raises further questions about time, sustainability, the environment and the machine of business which partly influences identity formation and culture. In other words, it is about recognizing the impact of changing technologies on our culture, our attitudes and social patterns and what drives these changes.

It is a slow phenomenon where most of us seem oblivious to its effects in the many areas of human interaction like industry, the home and our future. Fluorescent lighting is being replaced by LED lighting.

Will this small change influence architecture, the backyard BBQ, mining, travel and reception areas? Will it affect our social patterns?

Are we recognizing these changes and impacts?

www.parramattasun.com.au/story/4194337/cemetery-comes-to-life/