Daniel Bejar's The Visual Topography of a Generation Gap (#2 Brooklyn, NY), 2006
From the website: "A copy was made from my original apartment key, then a copy was made from that copy. This process was repeated until the original keys information was
destroyed, resulting in the topography of a generation."
One copy of Braydee's key that also didn't work due to information lost in the reproduction process.
This reminds me of Mary Lucier's Shigeko, 1970-72, back when xerography was a new art form.
This (and especially the Lucier/xerography one) makes me think (musically) of William Basinski's "Disintegration Loops." Info on that project here: http://www.hauntedink.com/25/basinski-disintegration.html
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Thanks Drew. Have you heard Alvin Lucier's "Sitting in a Room"?
ReplyDeletehttp://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/source/Lucier-Alvin_Sitting.mp3