MONEY TALKS BUT DOES NOT REMEMBER 
TIME STOPS BUT DOES NOT DIE 
POWER SURGES BUT DOES NOT ENDURE 
MEMORY FADES BUT DOES NOT FORGIVE 
LAUGHTER ECHOES BUT DOES NOT ANSWER 
EMOTIONS SURGE BUT DO NOT COUNT

“Proverbs” is a series of textual sculptures that express a set of ambiguities about transactions and relationships. Money, Power, Time, Emotion, Regret, Laughter, Memory are the first set of key concepts. These are the scaffolding on which a set of concrete thoughts is built, which, like proverbs, can act as the currency of conversation. Each “proverb” is a frieze made out of text incised on to a horizontal plane. The proverbs are activated by fluctuations of an electrical signal that illuminate different configurations of the words in the text. Each configuration yields a terse new sense, sometimes contrarian, sometimes tangential, always precise. Light dances across the words, the proverbs change, meaning multiplies.