Untitled (Digital texts)

The work consists of twelve boards filled with the digits 1 to 9 and 0 according to a predetermined combinatory system. On the first board, a sequence of these digits appears in the centre, each digit composed of smaller identical digits (“1” made of ones, “2” of twos, “3” of threes, etc.). The second board is composed of narrow columns, each built from consecutive small digits (the first column of ones, the second of twos, etc.). On the remaining ten boards, the central sequence of digits (as on the first board) is retained, while the background is filled with small digits according to a fixed rule: first ones (so that the digit “1” merges with the background), then twos, and so on. Using mathematical symbols, the work addresses an epistemological problem: what is most obvious (like air) is often the most difficult to perceive. It has been executed as a computer printout on paper and as a digital print on paper mounted on a rigid support.