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Oil Stick Work (Angelo Martinez / Richfield, Kansas), 2008
Realtime 3D projection, 4.5m x 6m
'Oil Stick Work (Angelo Martinez / Richfield, Kansas) 2008'
is a virtual sculpture that depicts a solitary aluminum corn
silo on the austere landscape of the American Great Plains.
At daybreak, in real time, Angelo Martinez, a Mexican-
American builder, arrives at the silo and carefully creates a
black square on the exterior of the structure with an oil
stick crayon. Within thirty years, working a six-day week
from dawn to dusk, the building will be entirely coated,
transformed into a dark object on the landscape. In 2038
the Martinez character will complete his task and leave the
scene.
In another work, somebody's face is rendered to grow continually more sad over the period of 1000 years
is a virtual sculpture that depicts a solitary aluminum corn
silo on the austere landscape of the American Great Plains.
At daybreak, in real time, Angelo Martinez, a Mexican-
American builder, arrives at the silo and carefully creates a
black square on the exterior of the structure with an oil
stick crayon. Within thirty years, working a six-day week
from dawn to dusk, the building will be entirely coated,
transformed into a dark object on the landscape. In 2038
the Martinez character will complete his task and leave the
scene.
