Box 17: The Dilemma of Language, 2006-2007

Box contains process materials for the art project “The Dilemma of Language" and materials that were used to exhibit the project. The Dilemma of Language was in process from 2006-2007 and first displayed in a hallway at the Auraria Art Building in 2006. It was later adapted to three other environments in 2007 including the Auraria Library, MSCD Center for Visual Arts (CVA), and one other.

In this art installation, two people sat across from each other at an extendable table. One person (the inscriber) wore mittens (no articulation, intentionally), and was told to stitch an "i" in the corner of a silk handkerchief. They would then hand the handkerchief to the other person (the eraser) who would put the handkerchief into a bleach solution. They would then decide who to deal with the fabric and where/how to move it.

Items contained in this box include photographs of the art installation, DVDs of raw footage photos of the exhibit, a DVD with a final edited video of the exhibit, conceptual development notes, an artist statement and statement of appreciation, publicity and promo materials, to do lists and schedules, materials on recruiting and scheduling volunteers, attendant journals in which the inscriber and eraser would write their feelings, bleaching research, Auraria site prep notes, silk scarves prep steps notes, notes on exhibit design and table construction, the contents of a binder labeled "Process Folio", the pair of scissors used by the Inscriber, and metal pieces that were part of the pulley system for the clothesline.