Click here for an overview of Day 13. LB: More experiments with tension and gravity: With 2 walls, steel wire and a turnbuckle, trial 1: I'm very pleased with this experiment, as the new line (the higher one) is much straighter. Using steel wire and a turnbuckle enabled me to tension the wire to a far greater extent. Trial 2: It's intriguing to see my knitted pieces installed horizontally, especially in this space. It's constructed in such a way to suggest that it's possible to walk through it, yet the way is barred by these 3 knitted barriers. I think it creates an interesting illusion; the knitting itself obviously makes it look as if it will be soft but of course each sculpture is strengthened with steel wire or a chain. I prefer the 2 pieces installed with steel wire, as that very straight line is what I was hoping for. Somehow, the straight line provides a curious contrast to the more organic form of the knitting and belies expectations of the floppiness of knitting. However, there is also something about the balance and contrast between the visible chain and the unravelling wool at either end of the first piece I installed which is provocative in different ways: I had planned to install more horizontal pieces across the space, but actually, I think that just one is most striking. I plan to take them down tomorrow, so I'll be able to see what just one very straight horizontal sculpture looks like.
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