Atomix brings to light the ordered beauty of matter in movement. Made of clear acrylic and hand assembled, the frame contains, in a single layer, 6000 precision stainless steel balls, in free motion. When the object is moved the microballs, like atoms under stress, carry the transferred energy to their limit of elasticity and magically reorganize their structure. Its quick random patterns demonstrate the unbelievable yet existing accidents of nature. It measures 5 inches square. (Museum of Modern Art, New York 1972)

 Simulation atomique de plus de 6000 billes d’acier inoxydable de 1mm de diamètre sur une épaisseur, représentant autant d’atomes à 5 millions de fois leur taille.

Atomic simulation of more than 6000 stainless steel balls of 1mm in diameter on one layer, to represent real atoms as 5 million times réplicas.

Publication

The ‘Atomix’ : a teaching model of atomic structures in solids and liquids

Metals and materials, March/April 1972