Sunday, April 02, 2006


"We Have Proven We Can Prove It" - 1996
Unwound paper dartboard; dimensions variable, this one is approx 20' x 20'

In 1996 I was participating in Mapovani Prostoru (Mapping Space), a symposium organized by Helena Hrdlickova, then director of Galerie u Bileho Jednorozce (the White Unicorn Gallery), the civic gallery of the Bohemian city of Klatovy. The symposium was held on the grounds of Hrad Klenova (Klenova Castle), about 20km away.

One day I found a paper dartboard in a second-hand shop & realized that it could be unwound into a spiral. I quickly did just that, on the third story floor of an 18th-century tower of the castle. The result was even cooler than I'd imagined: it looked very much like a topographical map & it looked great in that room. This is one of my favorite installations ever, because it was so simple but resonated on lots of frequencies.

Title is a bizarre election-time slogan of a political party, from a roadside billboard outside Klatovy.