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Typewriter with Flour

by

Rodney Graham

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Design and fabrication of the sleeves and light boxes by Mark Baumgartner Studio.

Link to pictures of the fabrication process In The Studio below.


Chromogenic transparency mounted in aluminum light box with Hammerite finish and fabric wrapped electrical cord.
19-7/16” W x 15-7/8” H x 4” D (49.4 cm W x 40.3 cm H x 10.2 cm D)

Published by Christine Burgin and Donald Young Gallery
Edition of 10

Installed in the main gallery, Rheinmetall/Victoria 8, 2003 is a silent ‘documentary’ film featuring a 1930s German typewriter. The 35 mm film is projected with a massive, clattering Victoria 8 cinema style projector and specially constructed looper. Following the Méliès-style removal of the typewriter cover, the film moves from views of the entire object, to details shots, to extreme close-ups of single keys. Falling first delicately then in large amounts, a snowy white powder falls onto the typewriter and progressively fills the crevices, piles onto the keys, and obscures the typewriter. Once the typewriter has been completely transformed, the cover reappears and once more reveals the pristine typewriter and the cycle begins again. The powder-covered typewriter is also the subject of a light box which is included in the exhibition.


Text excerpt from the website of Donald Young Gallery.

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Installation View

Photo: Christine Burgin Gallery

Photo; Christine Burgin Gallery

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