short story long
2009
27 aquarelles on paper are held together with magnets in an interrelated structure. Even though the same process is followed for their development, however the generated forms vary in size and complexity, as the forming rules allow for randomness.
The ‘grisaille’ method used alludes to a cartographical method of demarcation developed in the 16th century, using the line to delimit a territory and utilizing different colour aquarelles in order to enhance/clarify the separated areas.
Each drawing starts with a line that corresponds respectively to the border length of each European Community member country, reduced to a scale of 1:20.000.000.
The starting line is captured through the gradual expansion of the form in the net of lines. The original scale reference thus becomes ‘relativised’ through this process.
Water, acting as a catalyst, dissolves the clear outline of each form. The status of the line and the surface oscillates between clarity and cloudiness, accuracy and randomness.
Twenty-seven ‘grisailles’- pencil, graphite powder and water on checked paper- fixed on the wall with magnets and metal strap. Variable dimensions, here 203 x 80 cm.