November 24, 2004
The Oracle Board: Thirty-Six Triplets
The Oracle Board: Thirty-Six Triplets, (2001-2002). 36" x 36". Vintage metallic handmade wallpaper mounted on board on masonite, with brass channels, brass foil and acrylic paint.
by Jerome du Bois
This is part of my ongoing series "Not Only Words." I had two rules for this one: I wanted to use one shape, and the maxims could be no more than three words.
The result is a fragment of our infinite mindscape created from one trapezoid (and its mirror).
In this image, most of these exhortations, claims, aphorisms, and verbal rockets can easily be read, but here is the list anyway, from top to bottom, left to right:
All Wars Crimes -- Pain Is Real -- Don't Throw Shade -- Pilot Or Pivot --Don't Jump Salty -- Judge The Judge
Phi Over Pi -- Clown Before Clone -- Hold Your Applause -- Hide Your Dials -- No Good Purity -- Kill The King
Just Show Up -- Show Your Work -- Invest In Black -- Never Write Bullshit -- Woman Bears Worlds -- Face Down Fascist
Show Your Hand -- Show Your Face -- Shoot Through Tears -- Every Word Flesh -- Curb Your God -- Liberty Is Woman
Will Trumps Instinct -- Switch To Twisted -- Count On Zero -- Burn Your Shame -- Pop Your Collar -- Swallow The Dark
Chance No Memory -- Blame Fair Game -- Four Letters Rule -- Clean Your Ideas -- Words Are Swords -- Corners Are Crossroads
You can find another example in this series here. It's called ISCILLATION.
And another example here, which I posted almost exactly a year ago, called IT WAS WORTH IT.
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