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Number
banners have been used to explore issues of time and motion.
Their dynamic qualities are shown to their greatest extent when
they are used in conjunction with cardboard arrows.
Number Banners do not just act as dynamic tools; they have a
personalities of their own. Below is a description of Number
Zero Banner, which was shown alongside the Number Nine Banner
sculpture.
"Number
Zero Banner:
- represents nothing.
This banner can be introduced into a number banner situation
without intrusion or increasing the numeric value of a banner
sequence, yet, at the same time, Number banner Zero can symbolise
everything. Since Zero is not a number tool this tool has an
anonymity that is unique among the banners; a lack of numeric
value can provide a depth to banner setups that no other banner
can provide. Number Zero banner is a completely free tool, although
it's value is nothing. The banner has no physical presence,
the absence of a Number value could make this banner seem useless
in a Number banner set-up, but in practice nothing could be
further from the truth. Zero banner can act as an anchor or
imaginary element within a banner situation. It often seems
that Number Zero banner is from another place to the other banners;
it is not tied down by a numeric value, it does not have the
same function as the other banners, it does not have an obvious
relationship or connection with any other number banner. A part
of the Zero banner is missing, this does not affect the impact
and authority of the number banner, it's ability to have withstood
physical abuse adds to it's unique qualities and personality.
This tool represents, is a very physical form, something indefinable.
Zero's value is something infinite and at the same time it is
nothing. Number Zero Banner is a special tool. "
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