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Entreentre Presents Works by Nat Chard and Perry Kulper, and Teis Draiby

March 8, 2015
Exhibitions
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Instrument Eight, Perry Kulper's Drawing

Instrument Eight, Perry Kulper’s Drawing

Instrument Eight, Nat Chard's Drawing

Instrument Eight, Nat Chard’s Drawing

Back of Perry's Instrument

Back of Perry’s Instrument

Outside of Leth and Gori Gallery

Outside of Leth and Gori Gallery

Bog cameras with Bog Diorama photographs

Bog cameras with Bog Diorama photographs

Teis Draiby scanning photographs with camera

Teis Draiby scanning photographs with camera

Teis Draiby scanning photographs - detail

Teis Draiby scanning photographs – detail

Teis Draiby scanning photographs detail

Teis Draiby scanning photographs detail

Bog cameras, photographs and Instrument Eight photographs, Nat Chard

Bog cameras, photographs and Instrument Eight photographs, Nat Chard

A few snaps of a current exhibition in Copenhagen during set-up. The gallery is the front room of an architecture practice – Leth and Gori in Vesterbro – Absalonsgade 21B, 1658 Copenhagen V. It is on until April the 10th. It is the first of a series of exhibitions set up by Entreentre who will also publish a series of booklets on the work. Entreentre’s website will go online on April the 10th.

These were taken just as we installed the instruments – I will post some others of the thing completed when I get them.

Instrument Eight

August 1, 2013
Drawing instruments
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Rear view of one of the new instruments

Rear view of one of the new instruments

Here is the reverse view of Instrument Eight. The instruments are built out of aluminium this time, which makes them much more robust. You might notice quite a few differences on the front side from the previous instruments.

Instrument Five

April 24, 2013
Drawing instruments
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Instrument Five

Instrument Five

I don’t think I have posted this photograph before – it is the final high speed flash photograph from Instrument Five, a wider view than most of the flying paint pictures. The instrument with the paint catapult that makes the throw is off to the left. The flying paint in this image is quite feint, but can be seen as a diagonal line entering the drawing pieces from the top left.

Repeatability – Instrument Seven

February 9, 2013
Drawing instruments
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Instrument Seven (Nat Chard)

Instrument Seven (Nat Chard)

Instrument Seven (Nat Chard)

Instrument Seven (Nat Chard)

Instrument Seven (Nat Chard)

Instrument Seven (Nat Chard)

I hope the new instruments will be up and running before too long, but these are the last three throws of paint I made, almost two years ago. In each of them there is a similar amount of paint and the paint catapult is left on the same settings. You can see how repeatable the aim is, and although the character of the flight of paint varies it is also more consistent than the earlier throws. In switching from projecting light to paint one of the reasons was to make the shadow (splatter) a less controlled event but also I anticipated that my catapult would not be as accurate and repeatable as it turned out. During my work with the sequence of  paint-throwing instruments I learnt more about how to control them, so I have been building a more sophisticated version that I hope  will lose control a bit more for the next series, although inevitably the process will repeat itself.

Glass Klein Bottles in Stereo

December 31, 2012
Didactic Displays
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Klein Bottles

Klein Bottles

Klein Bottles

Klein Bottles

Klein Bottles

Klein Bottles

Klein Bottles

Klein Bottles

A set of Klein Bottles made by Allan Bennett at the Science Museum in London. The museum seems as much one of the history of display as it is of the things that are displayed, and the mathematics gallery is one of the most confused, despite a delicious selection of exhibits. There is therefore a lot of visual confusion surrounding these wonderful didactic models.

 

Usual process to view the stereo images (look back a few posts for suggestions if you are new to the blog).

 

And Happy New Year!