Confabulations OnPaper Gallery Session 5 (2015 / 2023)
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In the last couple of years F&R R&F have sought to explore new methods of capturing and sharing both their performances and their small interventions in the public space. The duo started out with conventional video and photo documentation, amassing an extensive archive of digital footage over the years. Some of their photos became the subject of a series of silkscreen prints. These silkscreen prints are produced layer on layer, colour on colour. A certain degree of imprecision is inherent to the process of aligning the various image layers. The minor deviations that result from this have the effect of making every silkscreen print unique, just like every performance.
The four-colour silkscreen prints were made by the artists themselves. And though they were pleased with the uniqueness of these prints, they felt they were still too perfect a representation of the original photo. The prints failed as a representation of the entire pe…
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In the last couple of years F&R R&F have sought to explore new methods of capturing and sharing both their performances and their small interventions in the public space. The duo started out with conventional video and photo documentation, amassing an extensive archive of digital footage over the years. Some of their photos became the subject of a series of silkscreen prints. These silkscreen prints are produced layer on layer, colour on colour. A certain degree of imprecision is inherent to the process of aligning the various image layers. The minor deviations that result from this have the effect of making every silkscreen print unique, just like every performance.
The four-colour silkscreen prints were made by the artists themselves. And though they were pleased with the uniqueness of these prints, they felt they were still too perfect a representation of the original photo. The prints failed as a representation of the entire pe…
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