Response to Mike Meyers' Presentation

As I mentioned in class, the single attribute of Mike Meyers’ work that impressed me most was the mathematical precision visible in most, if not all of his work. Everything from the thread structure to the wooden “bells” consisted of polygons that interlocked and constituted more complex shapes in not two, but three dimesions. As somebody who spent a large amount of time building a small house over the summer, I understand that even to fit strictly rectangular shapes together at right angles can be a colossal challenge when one must measure and cut each side of each shape precisely and then physically bind them to one another in a durable fashion. So for me, seeing sculptures that consisted of non-rectangular quadrilaterals joined at both acute and obtuse angles was quite a trip.

Although I had trouble seeing a deeper meaning in many of the sculptures that Mike Meyers showed us, it was reassuring and somewhat interesting to witness how obsessed he had become with certain, seemingly random compositions and themes (like the wooden bells). The amount of devotion he showed to such particular shapes and forms made me believe that although I couldn’t see it, the work held some sort of intellectual or emotional importance to its creator.