Witness & Dilemma, Levels, Weights & Measures
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By using several smaller elements, "Witness and Dilemma, Levels, Weights and Measures" covers a large wall in the Seattle Justice Center.
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Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2008
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Witness & Dilemma, Levels, Weights & Measures (2002)
by Pam Beyette, Michael Davis, Norie Sato, and Richard Turner
A wall is covered with several objects arranged in grid fashion. Is it a collection? Are the pieces related? As always, the individual must decide.
An historian might suggest a grid is one of the most traditional ways to arrange objects. Objects can classied as the (blank) in the third row, first position. But some objects are closer, others are very much out of reach. A camera takes a picture.. of a camera. A human eye views a smaller element, sizing it up, measuring it, classifying it. The collection in "Witness and Dilemma, Levels, Weights and Measures" invites collation and introspection. As a viewer, why do I put things in "boxes"? Is that wrong?