Two conventional abstract geometric structures
whose collision results in the making of three conventional
‘real’ structures.
Two wedge-shapes, like slices of cheese: the wedge
in the middle of the space stands on its end, the wedge at the
end of the space sits on its bottom. The wedges are made of
corrugated aluminum.
The wedge at the end of the space can be entered
from behind: there are two holes cut into the sides, toward
the front. The holes serve as windows for a viewer inside. Inside
the wedge is a bicycle. A viewer, then, can ride the wedge toward
the standing wedge.
As the viewer, riding the wedge, approaches the
standing wedge, the central portion of that wedge breaks off
and pulls away from the viewer. The wedge that the viewer is
riding becomes wedged between what is left of the standing wedge:
two wedges now on either side of the rider – each wedge
has a doorway cut out of its front, the inside of each wedge
is painted a cold refrigerator white, a seat is installed on
the diagonal rear wall. There’s a sign – black letters
on white – on the rear wall of each wedge, over the seat:
the wedge on the left announces itself as BMB. SHLTR. NO. 1,
and the wedge on the right announces itself as BMB. SHLTR. NO.
2.
What had been the central portion of the standing
wedge now stands off in the distance, available not to the rider
but only to other viewers. The collision has resulted in the
making of a pavilion: pitched roof, gold columns, open sides,
blue sky and clouds on the front and back walls. Hanging down
between the columns, in the middle of the pavilion, is a black
flag with cut-out letters: NGGR. FLG. NO. 1.