Lyra Miller

tidal forces

When a celestial body, large enough to be held together by its own gravity, passes within a certain distance of a significantly more massive celestial body, it disintegrates. At this proximity, the Roche limit, the gravitational pull on one side of the body is much more intense than on the other side, causing these tidal forces to tear it apart.

The introduction of another body to others already in orbit complicates their motion. This perturbation makes future trajectories much less predictable, with potentially cataclysmic results.

This body of work circles a single point. It is undescribed, invisible but present throughout, implied by the paths taken around it. 

Bio

Lyra Miller is an artist working primarily in photography.