Untitled (Detrition)
2019
Artist book // paper, ink
Eight rubbings collected from a stagnant industrial rock crusher located approximately four kilometers north-east of Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. Cover photo of the chipped paint and rusted metal of the rock crusher.
Edition of five. Saddle stitch bound by hand.
Pages shown:
1. Metal coil, rusted with peeling paint
6. Square pattern metal grill, rusted with peeling paint
7. Honeycomb pattern metal grill, raised lip, rusted with peeling paint
Excerpt:
It is acknowledged by the artist that, provided with the tools to create these rubbings (paper and charcoal), at another point in time the machine might have been able to produce the same images by its own detrition.