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  • Exhibition

Numbers in Time and Space - Exploring Plato's Fifth Element

  • Wednesday 20 – Sunday 31 August 2025
  • 10am - 4pm
  • 74 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1UE

In this show of collaborative artworks connecting a range of artists, partners James D. Wenn and James Syrett express half a decade of research into the lost role of the rhombic dodecahedron in the histories of art, science and philosophy.

Each commissioned work in this collection approaches a different part of the heritage story through its connected web of ancient mathematics, and simultaneously offers a window into the meanings in heirloom art and design all around us, alongside spearheading the rise of a once-lost tradition to again be a part of contemporary art and living culture.

In addition to James and James, the exhibition features work by Jacob Chandler, Shay Shani, Caroline Weidman, Dave Shrimpton and Teresa Clay.

James and James make their research and expertise as cultural consultants available through BYRGA GENIHT Ltd.

This exhibition in in our upstairs galleries, accessed by stairs only.