Ink /
Cockburn, Ken,1960-author.
~ in the fields (Artist collective)
Ink is a sculptural work ... developed from inscriptions found in five printed books from five centuries. These inscriptions were taken from a Bible, a copy of the Arabian Nights, a songbook and books about natural history and botany. Ink consists of five colourless clear glass bulbs - each partly filled with blue ink. When the visitor approaches, the bulbs begin to rotate, causing a layer of ink to coat the inside surface. Through the ink, illuminated handwritten inscriptions become visable on a spinning armature, thanks to the phenomenon of persistence of vision. In this book, images and texts relating to Ink are augmented by new poems by Ken Cockburn, which consider the sculptural work intself as well as the related topics of marginalia and the colour blue.--back cover.
Installations (Art)
Installations (Art)