torque works — Ara Thorose | design art | NYC

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Torque Works is a series of three sculptures, each composed of a single line of precisely undulated steel tubing. The structures combine to create a sculptural seating environment for a civic minded development.

Each work relies on the neutralization of opposed twisting forces; the weight of the material itself pulls each side away from the other at the curves flowing outwards while also pulling them together at the curves flowing inwards. Torque plus counter torque equals balance.

Adding weight by sitting on the sculptures adds further structure by compressing the torques. The work follows the beauty of physics through a system of fluid engineering.

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Torque 03 , 2025

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