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Thing Ding Chose Cosa Artist’s Books, 4 double editions, black marker on paper Inventory focuses on a collection of everyday objects made by the artists Kasper Andreasen and Tine Melzer. It aims to address the relation between literal and metaphorical interpretations of objects by investigating the tactile essence of Things. The set of artists’ books Thing Chose Ding Cosa is the central work of the project. Thing Chose Ding Cosa deals with the shape of the Things in their collection. Each object has been traced on a page and their outlines are thus registered: a hammer, a tissue, a cup, a pencil, a paper clip, a cable, a drinking glass, etc. These outlines evoke the tension between drawing and language, between abstract line and meaning. The act of tracing implies mapping; this inventory of outlines therefore charts a non-verbal vocabulary of signs, signs that induce the viewer to recall the form, usage and meaning of the original objects through tactile and visual memories. |
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