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How to put up a shelf (I)
By
Joe Hancock
2011
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- Sculpture
- Live Art
- Installation Art
- Writing and Text-Based Art
- Abstract & Conceptual
- Conceptual Art
- Text
- Installation
- Performance
- Audio
- Writing
- Sculpture
- Research
- Studio Practice
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4133 words
text / audio / performance / installation
I videoed myself putting up a shelf in my studio, and then reviewed the footage, recording all the decisions, no matter how small, that I could see myself making.
Taking a Decision to comprise a Question and an Answer e.g.
Q: Do I want that?
+
A: Yes.
=
D: I want that.
...I wrote what I believed were the questions I was asking during the process, e.g. ‘Is it level?’, ‘Is the drill set to the correct speed?’ The resultant list of 553 questions became the first part of my open-ended preoccupation with shelves.
Joe Hancock
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