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"ANAl-lORPllOSES OF MEMORY"K u n s t O v e r d e V l o e r . E n t r e p o t d o k , A m s t e r d a m , H o l l a n d 1 9 8 7(purchased by the Ci ty of Amsterdam for the col lect ion of theS t e d l i l k M u s e u m )t e x t w r i t t e n b y D i r k G r o e n e v e l d

This work was specially made for the exhibition "Kunst Over deVloer" , where the inv i ted ar t is ts were asked to c reate worksin private homes at the *Entrepotdok* - a new residentialdevelopment in Amsterdam, I chose to make a work in the sparsebedroom of a student's appartment.

This video sculpture makes use of the traditional tromp I'oeiltechniques of anamophoses where a deformed image is reflectedon to a m i r ro red cy l i nder, as a resu l t o f wh ich i t s de fo rmat ionis corrected. In th is work the anamorphoses is created bydigital processesing and recorded on video tape. The correctedimage is seen on a mirrored cylinder that stands centrally ont h e s u r f a c e o f a m o n i t o r s c r e e n .

The video anamorphoses is an image of moving lines of text(written by Dirk Groeneveld). As a consequence of the anamorphicd e f o r m a t i o n t h e t e x t o n t h e m o n i t o r s c r e e n i s s e e n t o m o v e f r o mt h e c e n t e r o u t w a r d s i n c o n c e n t r i c c i c l e s a r o u n d t h e m i r r o r e dcylinder. But when the reflection of this text is read on thesur face o f the mi r rored cy l inder, i t i s seen moving in upwards c r o l l i n g h o r i z o n t a l l i n e s .

T h i s w o r k i s c o n s t i t u t e d b y t h e f o l l o w i n g e l e m e n t s ;- a 60 m inu te con t i nuous rep lay v i deo t ape- a v ideo moni tor (50cm screen)- a m i r r o red cy l i nde r a t t ached i n t he cen te r t o t he su r f ace o f

t h e m o n i t o r s c r e e n- a foam-rubber mattress approx, 170cm x 60cm with two sheets,

a pi l low and a blanket- a p a i r o f b l u e s l i p p e r s

I n t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n o f t h i s w o r k t h e m o n i t o r r e s t s h o r i z o n t a l l yon the bed which is on the floor of the exhibi t ion space. The bedsheet and blanket are pul led back where the moni tor is rest ing.Bes ide the bed are the pa i r o f b lue s l ippers .

The work is meant to be viewed from a standing posit ion, fromwhich angle the anamorphoses of the text on the monitor screen isclearly reflected and read on the mirrored cylinder. The videoimage is black and white (i,e, white text on a black background)- only a patch of red in the center of the monitor screen hiddenu n d e r t h e m i r r o r e d c y l i n d e r i l l u m i n a t e s t h e i n t e r i o r o f t h a tcy l i nder w i th a red g low.

(c)1987 Jeffrey Shaw, Javastraat 126, Amsterdam, Hol land