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A scenario for perfect placement: spread leg
ether ohnetitel, Melbourne, 1993
'Displacement',
graduation exhibition - RMIT Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture

mdf, castors, acrylic paint, hinges, acrylic text

 

about

These pieces unsettled a few viewers due to their 'leg spreading' properties, while others thought them to be playful & humorous. The objects were nearly a metre high and over 6ft in length... human scale, and yes, they were mountable.

(start at point 1 go to point 2 go to point 3 go to start)

- [ choose a blue card: back here ] please take your
positions (are you quick to act - are you cautious)
[left leg here] please choose your colour [ right leg here ]
now at the count of three... scissor - one, two (and to the
left, one, two - and to the right, one, two) - and the
question poses itself in your mind: am I comfortable :
(am I being watched) - and as you laugh nervously, you
decide it's time to get off (and to the left, one, two - and
to the right, one, two) now place the cards on the table -
choose one - (yes) that's the one [ green: stomach here ]
now at the count of three... scissor - one, two

 

© helen gibbins