Sofie Thorsen : chalk lines / Herausgeberin, Sofie Thorsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thorsen, Sofie, 1971- artist, editor.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Thorsen, Sofie, 1971-.

Thorsen, Sofie.

Physical Description:

183 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Chalk lines

Place of Publication:

Wien : Verlag für moderne Kunst, [2021]

Language Note:

Parallel texts in German and English.

Summary:

"Chalk Lines is a series of works by Sofie Thorsen from the years 2013 to 2019. An appropriated chalk snap line marker, commonly found on construction sites to mark straight lines over greater distances, plays a main role in these works. The string with pigment in the housing is positioned just above the area to be marked, tensed by hand, and then snapped to the surface in a quick movement, leaving pigment as a trace of this brief moment of contact. In certain works this technique is applied directly to the wall, unfolding axonometric spatial constellations and the three-dimensional potentials of the wall itself. Others foreground the quality of the line, the connection between textiles, body, and space. The unique character of the line is always central, its quality as a snapshot of a controlled action – the release of the tensed string – and the interplay with the now uncontrollable behavior of the pigment." --Publisher's description.

Notes:

Book has special binding with only one side fixed to the back.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783903572232

3903572233

OCLC:

1289474784

Publisher Number:

9783903572232