Mouthed numbers, 2023
160 paper-transferred 35mm slides, 2 carousel slide projectors, 2 interval timers
Installation view: as part of group exhibition FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL; IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
- Double stacked 35mm slide projection zooming in on my mother’s unremitting Sudoku methods.
^ Original scan of 1 of the 160 handmade 35mm slides (colour photocopied image paper-transferred onto junk 35mm film)
- Accompanying short text:
I’m level with her ballpoint pen, which she’s holding two centimetres above the page. Four CMYK registration marks at the edge of the page communicate that it is correctly aligned. She raises her pen a further two centimetres then plunges it back down, the nib almost striking the page. By nudging the page slightly away from her body she obtains a more adequate posture. I’m level with her ballpoint pen, which she’s holding two centimetres above the page. Four CMYK registration marks at the edge of the page communicate that it is correctly aligned. She raises her pen a further two centimetres then plunges it back down, the nib almost striking the page. By nudging the page slightly away from her body she obtains a more adequate posture.
I’m now concentrating on her mouth having noticed her muttering to herself. She scratches the back of her neck whilst keeping her eyes firmly locked on the page. Silently she mouths numbers.
Photos: Istvan Virag/Kunstdok