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'Small Worlds' by Jim Allen, re-made

Small Worlds 2
Originally uploaded by fflap2

Part of Jim Allen's 2010 remake at Michael Lett Gallery of his 1969 art/installation at Barry Lett Galleries [no relation] 1969 - NZ's 1st installation [see another photo on http://www.flickr.com/photos/fflap]. Two of the cubic pieces, are 'walk-thru sculptural pieces -- made of thick nylon thread hanging from boards -- originals, black, but the new ones white to match the gallery.

This one has also broad transparent plastic strips at its edges & inside a series of strips lit by black-light of a poem by the late-lamented poet Hone Tuwhare.

The second piece has a dense mass of plastic strips and on the floor some beautiful loose thick strands of dried native flax [phormium tenax] specially made with an old flax-shredder.

The third piece was a water-filled transparent plastic 'pillow with water and a circular area of air above it [not re-made for the present exhibition] & the fourth piece is a welded transparent plastic softly curving inflated 'cube'.

The three pieces in the present re-make offer varied sensuous equivalents of the favourite simple cubic form of 'minimal sculpture' -- penetrable or impenetrable, shining plastic, or striated plastic with plastic strips & with its own interior lighting -- the effect of light on & through materials creating variants in sensuous perception of volume and space.

This now 'classic' work, which only existed for 2 weeks in its original exhibition has delighted young artists & their friends who didn't even know of its existence, as if it was made for them by some unknown new young contemporary, Jim Allen is now well over 80 years old & happily active as a sculptor/installation artist.

I remember the 1969 version & it was a joy to see the re-make -- revival, resurrection -- of it today. Congratulations to Jim Allen and to Michael Lett

4-handed Blue-bottle 18-21

This is a 4-handed 4-tubular pieces version of Blue-bottle 18-21 with spiral text - for 4 readers, or for 2 readers with one piece in each hand [not so easy to do] - taking turns to read a line. The 4 pieces are numbered, 1-4 and, in so far as author-preference is a factor in choice, I planned them so that they could repeat the order of the printed text.

However, I wouldn't want that to be a rule. Nothing prevents readers reading them in any order they choose, though that would replace such continuities or discontinuities that might be felt between one line and the next in the printed version of the text with new ones.

One friend tells me he reads down the columns too - and of course the four pieces can be rolled around to display further combinations of the words of the text, ad lib.

HELLO hello

not built to last expanded polystyrene acrylic plastic kitchen waste bin screws tree-stump faces dwellings

ADDENDUM black file

preference for this version of "ADDENDUM" in a white on black file with 3-spaces Download addendum_black.doc

a good try

letterbox poetry: Download a_good_try_with_ink_exceeds_support_system_baffle_commerce_typewriter_jingle_spoof_darning_needles_argue_letter.doc

Column reading video

new video today

movie: reading double spiral 2

pixellated reading Click!

canned

canned poetry you dont have to worry about hidden meanings= the poetry is all on the outside of the can

pastry both sides

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volcano

kauri bark painting with word-text 100 x 140 mm work in progress