The Centripetal Grid

The centripetal grid, in contrast to the centrifugal grid, is a bounded figure. Its extent is known and limited. As opposed to the expansive or explosive character of the centrifugal grid, the force of the centripetal grid is contained and implosive. Unlike the centrifugal grid, it does not represent space beyond itself. It is a discrete and thus emblematic form.

As a discrete and closed figure, the centripetal grid is cut off from its context. This discontinuity between the grid and the spatial field creates a condition that does not exist in open, centrifugal organization. As an isolated fragment, the centripetal grid posits an outside to its own outside. The greater spatial field becomes not a site of immanent expansion, but an outside that is alien to its own interior: a spatial context that is uniquely defined as residual.