NIGHT DRAWINGS (‘A THROW OF THE DICE WILL NEVER ABOLISH CHANCE’, STÉPHANE MALLARME), 2019
12 prints on Hahnemuhle paper from an ongoing series of inked out poems, 1/5. 38 x 56 cm each
‘The throw of the dice will never abolish chance’ is a series of prints made from Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem of the same name. This poem was published posthumously in broadsheet format using copious notes by Mallarmé of how it was to be laid out using various different fonts and sizes.
Paul Valery speaks of Mallarmé as having raised a printed page to the power of the midnight sky, of a text of clarity and enigma, both tragic and indifferent. Through layering the sheets and inking out the text of the poems with the exception of where the letter ‘o’ appears, the work appears as a constellation of stars while also bears reference to the counting system of dots used on a dice.
Installation at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
12 prints on Hahnemuhle paper from an ongoing series of inked out poems, 1/5. 38 x 56 cm each
‘The throw of the dice will never abolish chance’ is a series of prints made from Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem of the same name. This poem was published posthumously in broadsheet format using copious notes by Mallarmé of how it was to be laid out using various different fonts and sizes.
Paul Valery speaks of Mallarmé as having raised a printed page to the power of the midnight sky, of a text of clarity and enigma, both tragic and indifferent. Through layering the sheets and inking out the text of the poems with the exception of where the letter ‘o’ appears, the work appears as a constellation of stars while also bears reference to the counting system of dots used on a dice.
Installation at Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
