Message to the Carrier  
21 Grand, Oakland, CA  

February 21, 2007 - March 30, 2007 

Message to the Carrier (for a now-time as ruin) is a collection of graphic ink posters evoking corrupted forms of technical and corporate modernity. They emerge from a fascination with semiotics and critical readings of the art object. The art object is depicted here as a reflexive carrier for a cultural message that unfolds through initiation and infidel replication. The desire for philosophic illumination is closely shadowed by the noir pleasures of failed dialectic and the possibility of dead-ending. This devolution and encoding of references suggest a play where the viewer is invited to construct their own pathways through an estranged field of signs.   

 

 

 

Parallel Text (extract) 

Near the rear of the compound a white pickup truck was parked just inside the fence. The truck was a small Japanese model with efficient lines and a polished exterior. A sticker with an interlocking geometic design had been applied to the back window. Under this, in small block letters, was written V-L-A-N. In the truck bed lay a large rhomboid sheet of milky blue material. On top of this and spreading over the sides of the truck were the ribs of a bell-shaped aramture. Smaller braces crossed in counterpoint to the main lines. The structure came to a bundled point which was wrapped in a blanket and secured with wide bands of tape. It was difficult to make out the exact shape of the form, in part because of its dull dark finish, but also due to its unusual geometry. Leaning against the building near the truck were two flat tall beams with angled end points. These were sheathed in tight clinging plastic with the INCOs logo repeated diagonally upwards in white.