This/That

Hello All!

see video copyright info at the bottom of this post
Click the "play" (aka the ">"-looking) button, then please allow several seconds for the video to load. Please bear with me if it's choppy, and try pressing "play" again if it is funky/completely skips back the first time through. There are sudden motions in the video, especially towards the beginning, and if it is not properly loaded you will miss the fun. P.S. - full-screen it!

Above you will find the video for my latest big art project, entitled This/That. I used a graphite pencil on one piece of 16 x 20" white paper, then cut it with a blade, and folded it according to my prepared plan. Above, you see the video I made for the project. Here's the artist's statement:

Upon the challenge to use both sides of a piece of paper, I created this systematically folded, double-sided piece. The project is best experienced in-person, where one can flip and fold the project to reveal the various possible combinations of faces. The bespectacled face is my own, the other is my identical twin sister’s (Daphne's). I initially intended for the project to be a physical, paper-made study of our intimate and complex relationship, but the project developed beyond this to become an exploration of fun, of physical space, and of perplexity. The accompanying video I made better translates this three-dimensional excitement for those who cannot play with the piece in person; the video also serves as an instructional video of sorts for those who can.

I recommend that you watch the video, read the statement, then watch the video again. Here are some flat scans of the project, just in case the video doesn't do it for ya. However, keep in mind the piece is meant to be seen with the flipping and folding and the scans alone just don't cut it.

Above: My complete face, Daphne's complete face, the complete front (one 16 x 20" piece of paper), the complete back (the reverse side of that same one 16 x 20" piece of paper). Click all images to zoom.

Enjoy! Happy Holidays!
Alice

VIDEO COPYRIGHT INFO

This/That folded drawing demo by Alice Taranto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

This/That