For the past several years, Jennifer Zackin has been actively experimenting with weaving a vortex on a loom installed in a ten-foot square space in her studio in Saugerties, NY. In February 2019, Zackin expanded the practice by bringing the vortex to Three Phase Center as a way to incorporate collective energies, share process, build connections, and generate spectral potential. 

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Geometrically speaking, a vortex is a powerful mass of whirling energy that occurs within a torus as a single surface becomes pulled into a doughnut shape by forces acting upon it through a revolving pattern of circular energy that simultaneously revolves around its own axis coplanar with a circle in three-dimensional space. This pattern can be found throughout the universe in hurricanes, galaxies, and atoms. Nikola Tesla used the torus in his experiments with energy and in the development of his famous coil. Thinking this way, Zackin's Collective Vortex Weaving becomes an inquiry into the potential energy generated through art-life processes.

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