Danielle Roney - Chrysalis (2022)
Painted stainless steel spheres
Commissioned for NYULH Alumni Hall. Photo: Alan Tansey
Inspired by the complex adaptive systems theory-where the interactions and relationships of different components simultaneously affect and shape each other, Danielle Roney conceived CHRYSALIS as a self-contained formation. The sculpture highlights the temporality of complex adaptive systems suspended in a state of graceful uncertainty with their constant change and perpetual unfolding.
Comprised of 1436 stainless steel spheres with 1102 cables, CHRYSALIS' form references neural networks in a macro spatial and micro molecular set of perspectives. To develop the piece, Roney correlated fluid dynamics to the complexity theory by utilizing several layered systems in a series of formations that unfolded over time. For Roney, as she states, "CHRYSALIS embodies a space of 'becoming'. where the process of developing unfolds over time, connecting a place of healing and science to our celestial and molecular selves."
Photo: Alan Tansey
Born in 1968 in Syracuse, New York, Danielle Roney is a multimedia artist known for her captivating sculptural and digital media installations both nationally and internationally.
Roney was the designer of the U.S. Pavilion for the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2010 in collaboration with the High Museum of Art. She studied sculpture and digital media at the University of Georgia. Roney lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.