December 4, 2015 - March 31, 2016
Bayard
BLANKET COVERAGE:
president promises
presidential promises
or
Justin Bieber is the Lindsay Lohan of his generation
OPENING RECEPTION Friday
December 4, 2015 6:30-9:30pm
Thereafter by
appointment only.
 Part of JC Fridays
On view though March 31st,
2016 at Eonta Space in Jersey City, NJ, is Bayard's site specific
installation, a crocheted work of one hundred (100) miles of yarn,
based on a fifteen (15) by thirty (30) inch rectangle comprised of five
(5) layers of three (3) different fibers composed of exactly one (1)
mile of yarn each.
Each one (1) mile rectangle is made from:
a) one thousand (1000) yards animal yarn (mohair)
b) six hundred eighty (680) yards vegetable yarn (cotton bakery twine)
c) eighty (80) yards mineral yarn (acrylic)
The work consists of one hundred (100) rectangles or exactly one
hundred (100) miles of yarn becoming a one hundred (100) percent larger
version of its principle rectangular component measuring fifteen (15)
by thirty (30) feet and is comprised of
a) one hundred thousand (100000) yards animal yarn (mohair)
b) sixty eight thousand (68000) yards vegetable yarn (cotton bakery twine)
c) eight thousand (8000) yards mineral yarn (acrylic).
Each rectangle has six physical sides and five (what the artist calls) working sides.
Physical sides:
1) verso
2) recto
3) top
4) bottom
5) left
6) right
Working sides:
1) core (mineral) eighty (80) yards
2) verso (animal) five hundred (500) yards
3) recto (animal) five hundred (500) yards
4) verso (vegetable) three hundred forty (340) yards
5) recto (vegetable) three hundred forty (340) yards
Physical sides of each rectangle poses a connectability characteristic
allowing themselves to be joined to themselves and other rectangles
encouraging larger works consisting of multiple
rectangles.
Working sides consist of exactly eleven thousand two hundred fifty
(11250) stitches marking time and said stitches are timed (four (4)
seconds per stitch) and counted as they are worked.
a) core (mineral) four hundred fifty (450) stitches
b) recto (animal) ) two thousand seven hundred (2700) stitches
c) verso (animal) two thousand seven hundred (2700) stitches
d) verso (vegetable) two thousand four hundred seventy five (2475) stitches
e) recto (vegetable) two thousand four hundred seventy five (2475) stitches
Each rectangle consisting of eleven thousand two hundred fifty (11250)
stitches at four (4) seconds per stitch for a total of forty five
thousand (45000) seconds per rectangle take a total of seven
hundred fifty (750) minutes or twelve and one half (12.5) hours to
complete. Multiplied by one hundred (100) rectangular units the
completed work is comprised of one million one hundred twenty five
thousand (1125000) stitches and took a total of (1250) hours or fifty
two point zero nine (52.09) twenty four (24) hour days.
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