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14 Daniel Chadwick b. 1965 Daniel Chadwick has a unique background in both art and engineering. He worked for the architect Zaha Hadid from 1987 until 1992 and his contributions were pivotal in producing her first building, the Vitra Fire Station in Switzerland. Since the early 1990s Chadwick has exhibited widely throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. His work is found in private, corporate, and public collections around the world. He works mainly to commission, and usually creates site-specific installations. His work often incorporates humour and wit, using modern materials and bright colours to convey a sense of fun. Natural elements are made minute or enormous in scale and many works are kinetic or mobile in form. Chadwick's work is an art of balance, both literally and metaphorically. His principal works are mobiles made up of kinetic solar systems that revolve in complicated balance and whose numerous orbits glide gracefully in communicative accord with themselves. Some pieces include the use of tiny solar-powered motors to propel the Perspex discs, giving them visual emphasis, whilst ultraviolet light illuminates the struggle between two and three dimensionalities. The artist describes this work: "Somewhere in The Universe…..Is a cluster of stars. Or some salt spilled on glass table top…Or markings on the back of a dinosaur. Or moss on a stone. Chewing gum on the pavement... Nature repeats itself at all scales and seemingly endlessly. I repeat making mobiles endlessly. I follow some rules, I look at things. Then sometimes I ignore the rules and make the compositions up… After all I am in the universe, belong in the universe for now and forever and since the beginning." Somewhere in The Universe, 2019/2020 Acrylic sheet, Stainless steel, Solar powered motor 1000 x 1000 cm Courtesy of the artist www.danielchadwick.com Daniel says that there is a rational balance which comes into play when you start moving things. Does this work reflect a balance, pattern and coherence which can also be found in our lives?