Number banners & diagrammatic banners
August 1999 The Exhibition provided a first chance for Number Banners to be displayed in a public art gallery. The Exhibition consisted of several number banners, number banner arrows, Diagrammatic Number Banners and 2 number banner situations. Figure-of-eight
At Void Contemporary Art Space figure-of-Eight arrows were placed on the wall, but displayed without number banners this creation can stand on its own; exhibited as an item rather than in action.
This work - like other number banner installations - describes dynamic movements and other dynamic qualities of the number banners. Their purpose is to be used for experiments in time and space; examining the first four physical dimensions: Time, length, breadth and height. It is important that the Number Banners are seen as having individual personalities in their own right as their 'value' affects the way that they act on the arrow set-up.
In the case of Figure-of-eight arrows the ten arrows can be seen as a reflection of the ten Number banners this is unusual as not all arrow set-ups contain ten arrows. This arrow set-up looks similar to a Scalextric track. In the child's car game cars race around a track that has metal slots that conduct electricity to toy cars. Although with Scalextric the user determines the speed of movement for the cars, Figure-of-eight-arrow set-up allows the Number banners to travel without user assistance, the arrow set-up infers the Banners movement.
Twist arrowIn this situation the number banner spins, it needs to be imagined that the floor is not physically present. The banner is traveling in the direction of the pointed arrow.This arrow really affects the appearence and so the personality of the number banner that is placed within it. 5 banners on circles:
This is another example of the partnership between number banners and the cardboard directive creations. |
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