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The
"Paper Collapsions" represent momentary windows into operational
necessity. They "are" strange, active singularities. They "are"
minimally distant dependent, unique and specific works of
art. They "are" creative morsels brought forth by the momentary
abandonment of all purposeful servitude. They afford us an opportunity
to momentarily forsake "time" in order to momentarily catch a glimpse
of it. They reinforce a joyous feeling that stable reality proceeds
in the domain of falsehoods. Thus, a serious contemplation of the
"Paper Collaptions" awakens in the viewer active moments of a personal
desire to advocate and creatively produce superior "untruths" that
become "truths" only as works of art.
Our
good fortune which sustains us during these arduous and formative
moments of betterment, fueled as they are by the positive nature
of justice, lies in the fact that utimately a remedial "no"
is only capable of saying "no" to "no".
The
"Paper Collapsions" have been compared to the products of printmaking
and photography. However, as long as photography does not command
a shutter speed that equals that of the speed of light, this would
be a totally false comparison. It is true, however, that the "Paper
Collapsions" bear a family resemblance to the proceeds of printmaking
in that they share the physical condition of being signs, imprints
or embossments that are technically connected to a referent along
a direct, physical axis. However, a critical investigation into
the nature of "duplication" and how new internally generated principles
of thought might confront "repetition" would shed some light on
the crucial, conceptual and technical differences between these
two art forms.
In
this area a total clarity is not possible, but a better understanding
of the emergence of difference in general might be attained
by exploring the nature of ordinary footprints versus creative
footprints or the irrational footprints of difference
itself.
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