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One of the Most Important Even If Unfortunate Things about Breathing Is That It Allows Us to Speak / jw curry., 1991

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Identifier: CC-18909-19287

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Scope and Contents

Commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing Exhibition." A human silhouette painted on a panel silently points out a chest x-ray to another figure to emphasize the physiologic importance of breathing. Behind the door, a telephone is placed adjacent to a network of printed and handwritten, torn and fragmented texts appearing as a gigantic speech bubble (reminescent of a cartoon) to suggest babble, dependent on breathing, eminating from many telephone communications. The contrast is a metaphor for the title of this work. Five of the images show the current istallation as doors leading to one of the Sackners bathrooms, the sixth shows the original free standing installation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1991

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 sculpture (door, wood, enamel paint, paper, letraset, audiotape) + object (telephone, collaged, wire, letraset) + object (tape cassette) + record (33 rpm, letraset) + object (eyeglasses) + assemblage (paper, torn, cut, printed, ink, handwriting)) ; door 187 x 69 x 4 cm + assemblage 187 x 68 x 7 cm + telephone 23 x 14 x 12 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

bathroom door 1904

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Toronto, Canada : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: Canadian. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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