you were right about everything
20 of 9,000 hand-rolled scrolls installation detail 2010
2013 installation found furniture, sugar, paper, canvas, twine
2013 installation found furniture, sugar, paper, canvas, twine
2013 installation found furniture, sugar, paper, canvas, twine
9,000 hand-rolled scrolls installation detail 2012
20 of 9,000 hand-rolled scrolls installation detail 2010
9,000 2"x 3" pieces of canvas, hand-inscribed with bits of overheard conversations, to be rolled process detail 2010
2"x 3" pieces of canvas, hand-inscribed with bits of overheard conversations, to be rolled process detail 2010
9,000 hand-rolled scrolls installation detail 2010
for one year, i kept a series of small notebooks, in which i would record conversations i overheard between strangers: in restaurants, on trains, or wherever i was.
i transcribed small pieces of these conversations to 3" pieces of canvas, rolled each one six times into itself, twelve times into a piece of parchment paper, and twenty-four times into a piece of thin twine.
the objects, which now total over 9,000, are to be opened and read by viewers, who either disregard or apply the disjointed information to the context of their own life experience, thus shifting the meaning of the original text.