Ruth ThomasTHE PATTERN OF LANGUAGE (1/3)
The 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 8689 pixels
This work shows the 30 articles of the UDHR. Each letter and each punctuation mark is replaced by a colour; the spaces are kept in neutral silver-grey. Moreover, the silver-grey yarn forms the basic structure of the whole work.
The resulting work represents the fundamental rights of every human being, but also an abstract colour pattern: the pattern of the English language, which would be largely the same for any other source text, apart from the order of the colours.
The loose ends of wool on the back are a random by-product of the crochet technique used. However, due to their idiosyncratic colour and formal dynamics, they represent an equivalent counterpart to the organised front.
(Crocheted cotton, wool and acrylic yarns, 105 x 97 cm, 2019)
https://ruth-thomas.net/pol
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#universaldeclarationofhumanrights
The 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 8689 pixels
This work shows the 30 articles of the UDHR. Each letter and each punctuation mark is replaced by a colour; the spaces are kept in neutral silver-grey. Moreover, the silver-grey yarn forms the basic structure of the whole work.
The resulting work represents the fundamental rights of every human being, but also an abstract colour pattern: the pattern of the English language, which would be largely the same for any other source text, apart from the order of the colours.
The loose ends of wool on the back are a random by-product of the crochet technique used. However, due to their idiosyncratic colour and formal dynamics, they represent an equivalent counterpart to the organised front.
(Crocheted cotton, wool and acrylic yarns, 105 x 97 cm, 2019)
https://ruth-thomas.net/pol
#thepatternoflanguage
#unitednations
#udhr
#universaldeclarationofhumanrights
