SCANS as a topology is concerned, first and foremost, with any and all charge of objects. Charge in the context of emotional load but also charge as formalistic and aesthetic surplus value.
SCANS is interested in accumulation, most specifically with the incoherent accumulation of single-use objects such as ferry tickets (or any kind of tickets, really).
SCANS is concerned with blurring the lines between found objects and original artistic work. Furthermore, by juxtaposing either and both in a horizontal manner, spatially as well as contextually, SCANS aims to comment on the emotional value that is attached to original works versus the emotional value that is attached to used objects. Original artistic works, by way of their originality, often negate and/or trample the emotional (and other, if any) value of found objects.
SCANS is interested in drawing a comparison between objects. Unique artistic objects on the one hand and utilitarian objects on the other. The first kind of objects are given (emotional) value by the author, whereas the second kind already hold value– the value of being useful. One can then characterise that value as emotional based on the circumstances that surround it– for example, a ferry ticket that reminds one of a past lover.
SCANS is concerned with opening a dialogue around the relationships that are formed between human entities (as subjects) and the objects that surround them, specifically the objects that bear the weight of human touch, such as ferry tickets (or any kind of tickets, really).
SCANS is interested in questioning artistic agency.
SCANS is a sum of paper remnants that have the role of supporting long-term memory.
SCANS is interested in objects as signifiers of human relationships.
SCANS is a sum of trails left by a subject at a certain time in a certain space to pinpoint their acts and their movements in the space-time continuum.
SCANS, by way of presenting receipts of movement, takes back control of human monitoring.
SCANS aims to re-contextualise its components simply by replacing, zooming in, and zooming out.
SCANS was constructed with the awareness that the passing of time can change the value of things. Artistic work can become irrelevant to the author with the passing of time, and can come to resemble and feel more like a found object than something that they once created or built.
ABOUT
SCANS is a multitude of things. It is as much a narrative and a way of seeing as much a dedicated form of remnant tracing.
SCANS is an archive that was put together by Anastasia Pavlou in early 2020.
SCANS is designed by Korina Gallika and developed
by George Gkasdrogkas.
© 2020 Anastasia Pavlou All Rights Reserved
COLLECTIONS
No 2008, Νο 4244, No 2010, No 1212, No 4446, No 4445, No 4447, No 2016, No 1992, No 1934, No 4444, No 1000, No 1993, No 0101, No 1313, No 1956, No 1964, No 2015, No 2014, No 5840
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