--- title: "251 - Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun, Siler 9/9-10/7/2006" date: 2017-08-22T17:05:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/251-fractal-reactor-re-creating-the-sun-siler-9-9-10-7-2006" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Y [ Gil Yefman ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun [Todd Siler](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) Sep 8 – Oct 6, 2006 ![Siler Hero](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/siler-hero.jpg) Todd Siler The Simplexity of Balancing Art and Science, 2006 Description Todd Siler, trained in both science and the visual arts, will exhibit models and drawings derived from his studies and speculations on nuclear fusion reactor design. Delving into an area that science and technology so far have been unable to fully solve, Siler, in his new body of work, responds to one of the most monumental scientific challenges of the day: how to recreate the power of the sun on earth in order to provide a safe, readily available, environmentally friendly energy source, that is essentially inexhaustible. With the obsession of the search for the Holy Grail, Siler has pursued the premise that a thermonuclear fusion energy system might become increasingly more effective to the degree that this system more closely embodies the geometry and physics of a star, which is nature’s “fractal reactor.” [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Siler/2006/Siler-Fractal-Reactor.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) ![Siler Anatomy Of A Hot Plasma 2006](/assets/exhibition_images/Siler-Anatomy-of-a-Hot-Plasma-2006.JPG) Todd Siler Anatomy of Hot Plasma, 2006 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Siler Anatomy Of A Hot Plasma 2006]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Todd Siler Anatomy of Hot Plasma, 2006 ![Siler Fractal Reactor Model 2000 On Black Background]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Todd Siler Fractal Reactor (Model), 2000 ![Siler Fractal Reactor Innovations 2006]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Todd Siler Fractal Reactor Innovations, 2006 ![Siler Plasma Profiles 3 2006]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Todd Siler Plasma Profile #3, 2006 ![Siler Layers Of Hot Plasmas 2006]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Todd Siler Siler--Layers of Hot Plasmas, 2006 ![Siler Maxima Minima Waves Of Plasmas1999]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Todd Siler Siler--Maxima-Minima Waves of Plasmas,1999 ![Siler Installation View North Gallery A](/assets/exhibition_images/Siler/2006-Fractal-Reactor/Siler-Installation-view-North-Gallery-A.JPG) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Siler Installation View North Gallery A]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun installation view ![Siler Installation View South Gallery A]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun installation view ![Siler Installation View North Gallery C]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun installation view ![Siler Installation View South Gallery C]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun installation view ![Siler Installation View North Gallery A](/assets/exhibition_images/Siler/2006-Fractal-Reactor/Siler-Installation-view-North-Gallery-A.JPG) ![Siler Installation View South Gallery A](/assets/exhibition_images/Siler/2006-Fractal-Reactor/Siler-Installation-view-South-Gallery-A.JPG) ![Siler Installation View North Gallery C](/assets/exhibition_images/Siler/2006-Fractal-Reactor/Siler-Installation-view-North-Gallery-C.JPG) ![Siler Installation View South Gallery C](/assets/exhibition_images/Siler/2006-Fractal-Reactor/Siler-Installation-view-South-Gallery-C.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Siler Installation View North Gallery A]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun installation view ![Siler Installation View South Gallery A]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun installation view ![Siler Installation View North Gallery C]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun installation view ![Siler Installation View South Gallery C]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Fractal Reactor: Re-Creating the Sun installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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