Now you see me...

This is a series of work in progress that draws on the fleetingness of language. The text is only visible at certain angles and disappears and reappears as you walk around it. 

The work consisted of framed wire mesh. The wire mesh has been printed on in a gelli printing process and the text has been added with the aid of a hand-cut paper stencil. The text itself is random to a degree and was chosen, or curated, to fit the space of the frame.

The one difficulty with the work is sourcing the same wire mesh as used here. The gaps in the mesh are large enough to help distort the image but not too small to provide a flat writing surface. The mesh is also fairly strong and was easily slotted into the frame. 

I do not usually frame artworks, but these outcomes required something that would hold them in place. The frames are deep and the work can be mirror-plated to a wall, or left free-standing, to be viewed more sculpturally. 

The frames themselves have been left untreated, and their glass frontage and backing removed. 

The readability of the text is dependent on the backdrop they are placed in front of. On a white wall, the words become easier to read, while in front of a busy backdrop, they disappear.