through October 29th 2011
They are initially held stationary in a Perspex reservoir at the top of the machine. They are disengaged and indifferent, an object constructed as a body for a number, the abstract figure. Specifically weighted and bounce tested, it is a carrier whose shape and material is determined by the most compulsory logistical requirements – a sphere in order to roll, plastic to endure repeated collisions and remain intact. It is an object commensurate with its task as a vessel, although it doesn’t entirely escape aesthetic consideration. Luridly coloured in the strange palette of highlighter pens, they are named according to Old World fantasy, of quests and precious stones. A laboured attempt to characterize the bodies, dress them for the spectacle they will become constitutive of. Yet this is only ever intended as a costume to fit the proceeding theatrics, not an identity that pierces to the heart of the objects. That could lead to a charge of potential discrimination, and this is the business of bare algorithms we are engaged in. For any anxiety just refer to the numerical figure, printed 16 times across each body’s face.
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