Susanta Mandal: A Few Moments of Now and Then
© Susanta Mandal
‘Hard copy-2’
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In another work (Hard Copy-2), I took ‘absence’ as metaphor; where two ordinary samples of ‘leave of absence’ official letters have been picked up; and reprinted on A-4 papers; then erased, faded, a few words struck out with inked pen to create many more fragments of the specific letters, and finally these are used as images in the form of slides which may echo something very personal and impersonal as well. For these series of works I wanted viewer’s participation; therefore, along with the works, printed detailed instructions were always put up on the wall and they become part of the work.
Medium: Mechanical contraptions, 1 rpm motors, LEDs, lenses (Plano-convex), Transparency slides and timer.