3072 pages (Light to Dark II)
A large generic charcoal drawing (4 A1 sheets tall) was completed. The process was to break down and rebuild and turn the material into something else entirely. The drawing was cut into 768 pieces, arranged meticulously from light to dark and then bound into a book. One of 768 pieces was selected, scanned and blown up to thousands of times the size. The book and print are displayed together.
Drawing
The original offending article
What do you do with a boring derivative done to death charcoal drawing, that’s so uninspiring it makes you furious at the waste of materials and time?
The original drawing.
A charcoal smeared piece of masking tape holding the drawing up? More interesting than the drawing.
Pretentious artist internal monologue: my hands are my brushes, now how to record this without involving anyone else to deepen the sense of shame.
Hands? More interesting than the drawing.
A close up of the charcoal is more interesting than the drawing.
Charcoal dust? More interesting than the drawing.
2. Cutting
Slicing the large drawing down into 768 even pieces finds hidden detail where before there was none.
All 768 pieces were arranged from lightest to darkest.
3. Binding
Both a drawing and a bound book, it becomes a manipulatable object, holdable, wearable as well as readable. 768 sheets becomes 3072 pages.
4. Print
One double page was selected and scanned at an extremely high resolution. Reproduced at 200cm high and 117cm wide. 1/768th of the original drawing becomes a huge artwork in its own right.
