ALLYSON PACKER
Description
This is a photo of my hands. This is not the artwork.
I often use my hands to make things. Lately I have been trying to find a way to make something that has to do with transmission. Not just the transmission of a virus, but the way information and ideas are transmitted from one place to another. I like possibility that something could be made in one location, dematerialized, and then rematerialized in another location. Think of a radio program. The host’s voice is at the radio station, then it is transmitted silently over radio waves, and rematerializes in your home when you turn on your radio. During this time when I’m not leaving my home, I want to believe it’s possible that I could make something that could manifest somewhere far away from me.
What I propose is that you and I make something together in this fashion. You and I will have a conversation over the phone, transmitting our voices to one another. You will tell me about where you are staying and what you are doing to occupy your time. I will take this information and then send you directions for a simple action you will perform in your home. You will document this action and send a copy of the documentation back to me. This is the artwork.
You and I will co-own this artwork. If it’s ever shown, you and I will have to agree on it.
Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Charles Sumner Tainter invented something called the photophone, which allowed them to transmit their voices on a beam of light? They held the patent for it together.
Relationships are forged through powerful shared experiences. I imagine you and I may be having parallel experiences right now, doing things from home that we would usually be doing out in the world. This is a way we can share something, even though we are not together. This will be a small space in each other’s lives that we will continue to hold with the artwork as a marker.
Starting bid $50
Donor: Allyson Packer
About: Interactive creation of a self-performance with the artist. Please read the full description below, what will happen and what will be created if you buy this work.
Location of the work: everywhere