a catalogue of five variations of an étude
the things we and i notice
stordes update #46
through this update you can catch a glimpse of an art work which consists of five variations of a profound exercise, or what we call an étude
it is a small impression as a kind of catalogue
every variation is unique while as an entity they share common elements
each variation contains a self instruction set in the context of an organisation and its rich arrays of relations between the individual and the collective
the instruction aims to evoke wonder and a dialogue on the consequences for the interactions between people
the outcomes are deliberately left unknown because
that is where the space is
there is a quality in the material existence of things
the touching, the browsing, the wondering, the seeing, the exploration
all add to how the work is noticed and perceived
in this age of ai that quality becomes even more explicit
it is a quality that requires a physical proximity of the reader and the work
in that sense it holds a certain exclusivity which we actually want to reinforce through a form of scarcity
also as a sensible alternative for the current abundance of images
for that reason only three copies of this set of five variations exist (one for distribution, one as a reference and one ap)
for information how to obtain the physical set you can contact me.
