“Every meticulously created and
designed object changes any offering into something that contains high
symbolic value. The Japanese concept of tsutsumi is a very suitable testimonial
to this idea. Not because of it's material vulnerability, but for its symbolic ritual: When an object has been given, the
recipients' first enjoyment lies in the quality of the wrapping. Without actually
opening it, the object already suggests the significance of it's contents through
the gentle and precise concealment of
the packaging [...]” - Oka Hideyuki, How to Wrap Five Eggs
(Tokyo Wheaterhill 1965)
Each aspect of this Monograph - the materials, colours and technique - resemble the cycles the artists performs to find the desired configurations. The images that appear do
not necessarily reproduce any of the original
artworks, but each step a user has to perform to 'build an image' simulates the recording process.
Conceived, designed and developed with Anthony Siemons