{"id":9370,"date":"2011-09-12T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/?p=9370"},"modified":"2023-09-12T07:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T07:50:47","slug":"surjection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/works.raqsmediacollective.net\/index.php\/2011\/09\/12\/surjection\/9370","title":{"rendered":"Surjection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photographs mounted on\u00a0acrylic glass, neon, Series of 6, each\u00a064 x 94 x 10 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seven photographic prints trace the journey of an illuminated vehicle across a liminal landscape. Neon letters, gesturing towards a terse but optimistic instruction, annotate each step of the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Proverbs<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cured MDF, LED lights, wooden frame, lighting sequencer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art Gallery of York University, Toronto (2011); Lado A Lado (India \u2013 Side by Side), Rio de Janeiro and S\u00e3o Paulo (2012). <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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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<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cProverbs\u201d 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 \u201cproverb\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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36 Planes of Emotions <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laser engraved acrylic glass, furniture, lighting (180 x 150 x 60 cm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art Gallery of York University, Toronto (2011); Raqs Media Collective, The Photographers\u2019 Gallery, London (2012)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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36 Planes of Emotions<\/em> extends the palette of emotions to include states of collective potential. These are embodied in an assemblage of phrases, surfaces, and transparencies that enlist a cluster of invented collective nouns. The nouns etch enigmatic, invented states of being and emotions on to transparent acrylic surfaces. Light, words, perspex hues, and refractions produce their own whimsical annotations. The list of emotions is building upon a medieval Sanskrit manual of aesthetics, as well as the understanding that no one experiences a single emotion singularly \u2013 all affect is layered and multiple. Raqs make new collective nouns to hint at this complexity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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