Dots and full stops from 2007 to 2010
Dots and full stops 1 2007
Image size 40 x 40cm
Framed by the artist 67.8 x 68.5cm
Hundreds of dots, full stops and bullet points cut out of newspapers, compiled into a single image and stuck to board.
Collected over months each dot, box or line is as specific as the text from which it was lifted.
These clippings fill spaces that hint of much larger spaces.
The tiny fragments of newsprint establish physical contactwith obscure documents.
The conspiracy of clippings in Dots 1 and 2 arecharged, battery-like. Here the traffic signals of an erased text kick about, no longer inconspicuous but full of potential.
Image size 40 x 40cm
Framed by the artist 67.8 x 68.5cm
Hundreds of dots, full stops and bullet points cut out of newspapers, compiled into a single image and stuck to board.
Collected over months each dot, box or line is as specific as the text from which it was lifted.
These clippings fill spaces that hint of much larger spaces.
The tiny fragments of newsprint establish physical contactwith obscure documents.
The conspiracy of clippings in Dots 1 and 2 arecharged, battery-like. Here the traffic signals of an erased text kick about, no longer inconspicuous but full of potential.
Photo by Harwood King
Dots and full stops 2 2007
Image size 40 x 40cm
Framed by the artist 67.8 x 68.5cm
Image size 40 x 40cm
Framed by the artist 67.8 x 68.5cm
Photo by Harwood King
Detail from Dots 1
Photograph by Will Sadovski
Photograph by Will Sadovski
Detail from Dots 1
Photograph by Will Sadowski
Photograph by Will Sadowski
Detail from Dots 2
Photograph by Will Sadowski
Photograph by Will Sadowski
All the dots 2 2007
The 1997 Labour Manifesto
This is an AutoCAD file and can be produced at any size.
In All the dots Alex uses iconic documents as a jump off point. Here information is removed or ignored and the text is reduced to its most basic component, the dot.
This part erasure is employed in the hope of revealing information rather than obscuring it.
The cipher of dots remaining form a trace or map of the original document. Missing words vibrate like dark matter - the finished piece becomes a delicate balancing act shaped by unseen forces.
The 1997 Labour Manifesto
This is an AutoCAD file and can be produced at any size.
In All the dots Alex uses iconic documents as a jump off point. Here information is removed or ignored and the text is reduced to its most basic component, the dot.
This part erasure is employed in the hope of revealing information rather than obscuring it.
The cipher of dots remaining form a trace or map of the original document. Missing words vibrate like dark matter - the finished piece becomes a delicate balancing act shaped by unseen forces.
All the dots 3 2007
The Freedom of Information Act
This is an AutoCAD and can be produced at any size.
We are going to offer this for sale as a limited edition print during my solo show at Campbell Works 10th March - 3rd April 2011
The Freedom of Information Act
This is an AutoCAD and can be produced at any size.
We are going to offer this for sale as a limited edition print during my solo show at Campbell Works 10th March - 3rd April 2011
Dots and full stops 3 2010
Image size 20 x 20cm
Image size 20 x 20cm
Dots and full stops 4 2010
Image size 20 x 20cm
Image size 20 x 20cm
Dots and full stops 5 2010
Image size 20 x 20cm
Image size 20 x 20cm
Dots and full stops 6 2011
Image size 20 x 20cm
Image size 20 x 20cm
