three that I definitely want to make and two of those I want to keep , so it ’ s just finding the money . One is where she ’ s crawling out of her hollow plinth , which lies overturned on its side , and there ’ s another where she ’ s dead over a plinth .
FULLERTON That ’ s the end of the series ?
GANDER Yeah , but she ’ s not ready to die quite yet .
FULLERTON Recently , you have been displaying word compositions on the type of information monitors found in hotels or corporate lobbies .
Staccato Reflections , 2017 , monitor , glass , metal stand , plants , 200 x 70 x 10 cm ( RG 132 )
Exhibtion view : Ryan Gander : Soft Modernism , Gallery Hyundai , 2017
outstretched on her elbow . What fascinated you so much about the dancer ?
GANDER I thought she was really sad . When I was installing my work for the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh in 2009 , I kept passing her , and every time I thought , “ God , I bet she ’ s seen a thing or two .” And then I thought she was so immovable for a ballerina , so stationary and heavy .” The palette means more than the painting , because it represents all the paintings that could have been .”
FULLERTON You have made at least ten versions . What are her next outings ?
GANDER It ’ s funny when people talk about the different sculptures , because for me they ’ re not really different . It ’ s just one her in different moments . I ’ m writing a storyboard following her explorations of the institution of art and her adventures around the plinth and blue cube . At the moment there are
GANDER I just showed one of the info totems called Staccato Moments . It plays with all the conformity of writing . The compositions are in sections : the conference room , the ballroom-each section is from a room in the game Cluedo [ Clue in the United States ]. There are all these visual devices on the screen that relate to the word compositions , which are basically streams of thoughts . [ He recites .]
Laggards , Early adopters , hear me now , here me now . . . Here I am ! Am I here ? I ’ m here . . .
. . . Guinea pigs , Pigs , Hogs , Boars , Sows , Grunters , Screamers ,
Fakers , Lovers , Haters , Swine you are here Sign you are here On the long dotted line , you are here
The work is like a game in itself that contains references to other games . It is made in my mind like a puzzle , so it ’ s a bit like explaining what my practice is .
FULLERTON And you ’ re writing a new info totem
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