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Blind Time I

Robert Morris, Blind Time I, 1973, Graphitpulver und Leinöl auf Papier, 76,2 x 101,6 cm.

Text unten rechts: “With graphite on the hands and eyes closed and estimating a lapsed time of 60 seconds, the left hand serves as a guide for the right‘s attempt to blacken a square. The figure on the upper right hand side shows the attempt to remember and reproduce, motion for motion, the construction of the initial upper left hand figure. A one second exposure to the eyes of this upper left hand figure is experienced, followed by a 60 second attempt with eyes open to reproduce it in the lower left hand side. The lower right hand figure demonstrates how the upper two would have looked had the memory and skill had been sufficient. Time estimation error of the two upper figures: 0 seconds.”

Quelle: Jean-Pierre Criqui (Hg.), Robert Morris: Blind Time Drawings, 1973-2000 (Kat.), Göttingen 2005.

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