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rebootmaster2001 — 'Privacy' in Binary

Published: 2009-06-07 15:35:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 1231; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 20
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Description Work from my Bachelor of Fine Art thesis show

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Here I used locks and keys to spell out "Privacy" through binary code. The locks and keys are ceramic, painted with craft and spray paint.

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In this line of work, using everyday objects as text, I wrote out concepts which I have struggled to grasp in binary code. I chose binary code because of its simple yet complex characteristics. In binary code, you either have a “1” or a “0”. It’s simply one or the other. However, when put together in a sequence they can represent characters which form words used for communication. Everything input into a computer has to be filtered through binary code. I compared this to the way people think. Everything I feel is brought into me through a language that I understand. The objects I choose may or may not make sense to everyone because it is the mental connection I make when I relate difficult concepts to my tangible, physical world. The viewer may be able to draw the same connections I do, or to their own ideas. These pieces also work as hieroglyphs in that sense, giving this body of work a bilingual quality that I enjoy.
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Comments: 5

bananatree [2009-07-27 07:40:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow I never would have guessed they were ceramic! Great work, great concept, I love it (and the title because it rhymes, hehehe)

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rebootmaster2001 In reply to bananatree [2009-09-07 23:45:35 +0000 UTC]

Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you, I didn't have internet access from June to August.

Thanks!

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karel [2009-06-09 06:24:04 +0000 UTC]

!!!

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Corrinthia [2009-06-08 21:22:10 +0000 UTC]

This whole series you have been doing for your Thesis... its just so simple and so profound. I love them all, I could so see this as being a national gallery show.

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rebootmaster2001 In reply to Corrinthia [2009-06-20 01:02:00 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you!

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