The Terminator Line
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A catalogue documenting work made for the Terminator Line project.
Texts by Adam Levy. Published by Nigel Greenwood Gallery. Designed by Jake Tilson ISBN 0 9503373 3 1 AMAZON LINK |
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Project: The Terminator Line 1987-1990 Media: Three-dimensional collages, dioramas, a book, editioned collages. |  spread |
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This project grew from a narrative text Tilson started writing in 1984 and from objects found and collected in the East Village neighbourhood of New York over several years. Tilson also took hundreds of black and white photographs and shot many hours of Super-8 film. This material was further extended by treating it on xerox machines and video printers. The objects were mainly metal and plastic: hardware, used light fittings, electrical wire, door handles, nuts, bolts, screws, metal mouldings and signage, either found on the streets or bought in second-hand electrical stores on 2nd Avenue and hardware stores on Canal Street. The nature of cities appears in the smallest evidence. | "X-ray the streets ! The archaeology of attrition reverts mankind's urban mark to geological strata revealing a city's true identity, not the illusion peddled by politicians, developers and the media. Avoid the visual ersatz trappings of shopping malls, pedestrian precincts and theme-park cities. Hunt the native and vernacular in everything. Buildings, streets, graphics, television, anything touched and worn away by the city's inhabitants. The objects I physically can't remove from their location I photograph or film." Jake Tilson, exhibition announcement , 'How Far is An Hour', Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, March 1990 |
