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I articulated the words in morse code, which used to be the most expedient means of communication in our once sparsely populated country.  This system of communication now has become almost completely defunct in the era of email, social networking, and cell phones.  Morse code  has collapsed in on itself going from a time saver to a time waster and time and technology has got something to do with both morse code’s rise and demise.

The first drawing entitled 11:11:01 – Time Has Got Nothing to Do With It took these thoughts in the direction of black holes. Once the light goes in it disappears as if it never existed.  Time also ceases to exist.  What used to have a beginning, middle, and end, becomes a part of a void. Different layers of darkening graphite move into the black void centers which are shapes representing my  coded message.  The message and the means of communication are both getting sucked in.  The format of this piece is horizontal in reference to a ticker tape.

The second piece entitled Time Has Got Nothing To Do is done in a much thinner ticker and measuring tape shape.  While making this piece I thought time doesn’t have anything to do, we do.  As an idea it exists, but it has no tasks, no job, and none of those things we mark/measure it by.

The third piece  in the series ∞: STOP was inspired by FDTD morse code conversations about how messages/telegrams would often end with stop.  I did not want every piece to end with a voiced stop, so I created a separate piece that was STOP written in red morse code.  I titled it ∞: STOP, because the work made me think about infinity as a “quantity without bound or end” and yet we also have this idea that something can stop, that there is a definable, measurable, and exact ceasing.    Ref. here also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

In progress is a fourth drawing, entitled Event Horizon.  Event horizon is spelled out in morse code and it’s articulated visually within a black hole reference drawing.  Aside from our scientific definition of event horizon, I am thinking about what an event horizon means semantically if we applied it to the earth.
This series slip slides around from one association to another leaving as many questions as answers to the nature of time and our interpretations and applications of it.  It plays with visual patterning to document a mind walk of subject matter.

Some reference links to consider in relation to the work.

Time Has Got Nothing To Do With It lyrics

http://www.dilyrics.com/peter-murphy-time-has-got-nothing-to-do-with-it-lyrics.html

Morse Code

http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code

Blackholes

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast12jan_1/

Pupil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupil

Arrow of Time

http://www.usyd.edu.au/time/price/preprints/arrow.html

Infinity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity

Finite/Infinite Universe

http://www.big-bang-theory.com/

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=460093

Heisenberg uncertainty principle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle

“The principle means that it is impossible to determine simultaneously both the position and velocity of an electron or any other particle with any great degree of accuracy or certainty.”

Who owns time?
Saudis Build Giant Clock, Want ‘Mecca Time’ To Replace GMThttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/10/worlds-largest-clock-phot_n_677515.html

Amateur Radio Astronomy

http://www.radiosky.com/rsplinks.html

60 Foot Golden Rule, 2009
Imitation gold Leaf, wood, acrylic paint, and hinges
Dimensions Variable depending on installation (Stretched out it measures 60′ x 1-1/2″ x 3/4″)

This sculpture integrates the current building height limit measurement of 60 feet, which is being challenged for reduction by measure B, with an ethical standard of measurement the Golden Rule, commonly known as “do unto others as you would have done to you.”

Similar variations on this statement exist and their translations speak to the greater complexity of the issue by alluding to  neighbor, measure, and imposition.
“What you wish your neighbors to be to you, such be also to them.” – Sextus the Pythagorean
“Woe to those . . . who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure, but when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due” – Muhammad
“ Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.” — Confucius, Analects XV.24 (tr. David Hinton)

These translations become interesting when we consider one of the major financial supporters of measure B is a Texas developer named Randall Van Wolfswinkel, who has benefitted from building housing developments in Texas.

The gold leafed reclaimed and distressed boards show a golden, yet weathered rule. It’s been used, it’s been abused, and yet is endures. It demonstrates work to compromise and work to maintain the golden rule as the “gold standard” of ethics. There is a less attractive red side that’s left exposed on the underneath and  is covered by the gold on the remaining three sides. The distressed nature of the wood reminds us of architecture and materials.

All quotes,  Ethic of reciprocity , Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic_of_reciprocity)

Since the making of this piece, Measure B was voted down by the citizens of Santa Barbara and the 60 Foot height limit stands.

Unidentified Fotographed Objects Series 1

Aluminum Mounting by Weldon Color Lab I recommend Weldon Color Lab for Aluminum Mounting.  They do both a matte or mirror (glossy) finish.  In addition you can have them put gatorboard backings or wood canvas stretcher type supports.  They can leave an aluminum border or trim to the edge of the print.  I tend to have them do the mounting and Lexan Matte finish.  Then I put a gatorboard and mirror strap hanging device on the back with the appropriate Liquid Nails foam to metal.  So far I have had no problems with the bonding.

Blue Looking Glass Series

Underneath the Sheets Series

Slideroom
Slick and sophisticated, Slideroom can be stylized to simulate your website with organization’s logo, colors, etc.  This seems like a great site for organizations with bigger budgets and lots of juried shows. Artists can upload statements and resumes along with their digital images.  For the curator,  online controls include  a meter to rate the quality of the work, view large or in thumbnail form.  There is an administrator section which allows the institution to manage how the curator can look at the work, and what needs to be submitted.  I haven’t used this yet, but it looks like a great program.

Call For Entry
This is a simpler site and more useful for artists who are interested in submitting to open juried shows.  A list of the juried shows is posted on the site and you can directly submit images from your portfolio and pay any associated fees.  It’s free for artists to use the site, and there is a payment the organizations/curators have to make. I used it for a juried exhibition recently and found it easy to submit using their standard guidelines.  Once you pick which images you want for the exhibition consideration, they are committed until the selection is made by the juror.  What’s really great about this for artists is you can keep works on the site and when they are free to submit again, you can submit to another juried show you see on their site that you like.  You don’t have to re-upload the same files.  Allows you to input dimensions, title, medium, price, etc.  Didn’t see anything for resume or statement, but maybe that’s something to do with the competition I entered?

Both sites are an excellent addition to the art competition circuit and both seem very user friendly.