albatross turns up
Lost multiple times since November it has finally turned up!
2010-2011 propositions
shy (dissolution + exchange) up to number 15
We have crossed the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans and are hopefully somewhere over the Pacific heading for New Zealand. Here is Floki Gauvry’s envelope We have acquired scratches and stripes from various photocopiers and the right wing has faded to black. Onward progress… (details of project here http://www.perditaphillips.com/portfolio/shy-dissolution-exchange/)
shy (dissolution + exchange) the shy albatross
Denise Spiers sent more than one shy albatross… Onward progress…
Shy (dissolution + exchange) installation shots
Even though the Shy (dissolution + exchange) project is expected to take up to two years to complete, the in-progress work was shown at PICA (until 20 October 2012). Here are some quick shots of the installation (hand held, no lighting). The installation almost finished — the blank square is where the animation is …
Shy (dissolution + exchange) Exchange 3
Val Shaw produced an intricate response to the project on her envelope (this one was sent to Perdy and will be in the Yonder show). Decorating your envelope is optional way to personalise your exchange with the next person on the list (and with the project in general, via aestheticising the envelope that goes …
an attempt to digitally send pelicans from Australia to Montevideo
With kind permission of Miriam Salomon, this is of an attempt to digitally send pelicans from Australia to Montevideo, the city where she was born.
Shy (dissolution + exchange) — needed 25 more participants!
Wanted: 25 extra people in the southern hemisphere for a photocopy/mail art project called Shy (dissolution + exchange). This is a project that I had in proposal form a few years ago (kinda this one http://www.perditaphillips.com/proposition-2-dissolution-of-the-southern-skies-2) for the exhibition called Melbourne 2010: How Can a Network….? . It’s now been revamped as I am …
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Proposition 1: to collect what cannot be collected (by SH)
Z_COLLECT_ALL_NOTHING VARIABLE INPUTFILE=ALL.ALL OUTPUTFILE=MINE ALIVE TYPE=BINARY OBJECT IN (“FOUND”, “NOT FOUND”) TIME=T CONSTANT WANT INEVITABLE EVENT=DEATH START: SET ALIVE=YES DO WHILE ALIVE=YES PERFORM COLLECT_ALL SET TIME=T-1 IF TIME < 1 SET EVENT=DEATH SET ALIVE=NO DELETE ALL MINE ENDIF END COLLECT_ALL: FOR ALL OBJECT IF OBJECT >= 1 WRITE OBJECT INTO MINE ELSE PERFORM HUNT …
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Proposition 3: shy
Originally I had intended all three propositions for the exhibition How does a network activate a public? to be wall statements only. Thus the third proposition is the most speculative and least determined: World distribution of the Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta according to http://www.iucnredlist.org/ The Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta flies in a ‘casual, hump-backed, …
Proposition 2: dissolution of the southern skies
This is a project for people who reside in the southern hemisphere (anyone else can cheer us on). The process of photocopying a photocopy degrades an image down to a network of nothing. This exchange process begins by assembling a collection of 100 participants in a list arranged by their Longitude. Starting at the …
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Proposition 1: entries coming in
Some text entries in no particular order: light and fog SC points and distance.. AH moments LJ space: The relationship between people as objects. The energy we feel. The intimacy and connection. The body language. The distance. The emptiness. Infinity. NC waterfalls… PP nothing NS Love ZS Collect the tears of a happy child. …
Proposition 1: to collect what cannot be collected
You are asked to draw or write a response (no bigger than A4 size) to the question: What cannot be collected? You can be as brief/creative/practical/impractical as you like. Post responses to: Perdita Phillips Lethologica Press PO Box 747 Fremantle WA 6959 AUSTRALIA or email: perdy@perditaphillips.com Deadline: to be in the exhibition “How does a network activate …
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Proposition 1: to collect what cannot be collected
You are asked to draw or write a response (no bigger than A4 size) to the question: What cannot be collected? You can be as brief/creative/practical/impractical as you like. Post responses to: Perdita Phillips Lethologica Press PO Box 747 Fremantle WA 6959 AUSTRALIA or email: perdy@perditaphillips.com Deadline: to be in the exhibition “How does a network activate a …
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