256 possibilities of unfolding a paper clip

inkjet printing on blueback paper
F12 – 268,5 x 128 cm
made from 256 paper clips
1:1 scale reproduction
2021

Exhibition view I LOVE #ArtisteDici
Invitation from the artspace la vraie vie
Plaine de Plainpalais 7, Geneva
©la vraie vie
The background is a scanned and enlarged blueback paper. The structure is a grid of 264 squares. Inside this grid, 256 possibilities of unfolding a paper clip, using the binary system as a method of production and classification. Indexed and archived, these possibilities constitute a repertory of shapes, the hypothesis of a new language