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iterative
10 nov - 3 dec, 2011
bram thomas arnold
allan collins
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Allan Collins
"6x3(V)A-BBlueRed" (left)
"6x3(V)ABBlueRed" l(right)
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To introduce our exhibition, "iterative", we would like to consider a classic paradox (footnote1).
Suppose you want to walk to a destination 1 mile away. Before you can get there, you must
first reach the half way point. Before you get to that half way point, you must first reach its half
way point (or a quarter of the distance). To reach that point, you first need to reach its half way
point, but again, there's its half to reach first; before that, there's that half's half, and so on and
so on … In short, each iteration takes you to another "half way point", and as there will always
be another "half way", the task is infinite, and reaching the destination becomes an impossibility.
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Even if we know there are explanations and resolutions to the paradox, there is still enjoyment
in contemplating its open-endedness, the labyrinth it leads our thoughts down. Our exhibition,
with Allan Collins and Bram Thomas Arnold, is about this enjoyment.
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Bram Thomas Arnold
detail from "Still searching for the miraculous I" |
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Allan Collins starts with a mathematically-based rule from which he develops a series of
drawings, each drawing an iteration of the previous. They are not syllogisms; they do not set
out to solve a problem, indeed each drawing sets up another. Instead, they explore the beauty
of the problem.
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| Bram Thomas Arnold's drawings are about walking. They are observations of external life,
linked with internal thoughts. They are maps, but with broken and non-linear lines. They are
narratives with texts that break off. The result is less walking directions and more a guide on
how to become lost.
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| Bram Thomas Arnold
detail from "Still searching for the miraculous I"
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| Iteration as a tool of calculus can be used to solve the paradox2. Iteration as drawing and
walking can be used to perpetuate the paradox and create more.
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Allan Collins
"6x1AB(H)RedBlue" (left)
"6x1AB(H)BlueRed" (right)
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