Blind Collage Works
2017–

The Blind Collage works are produced during the process of installation from the front page of daily newspapers procured in the host city. The compositions are produced with a circular rotary mat cutter. Each circular-cut section is rotated 180 degrees and reattached to the newspaper from the back using clear tape. Each progressive circle has a diameter of one half the previous circle. The composition of the works is consistent across series, and each series is produced during one installation period on successive days. The circular cuts and reattachment of the circular sections is done while the object is face down, thus the procedure of cuts and rotations is done while the front surface of the work is obscured. Hence the title, Blind Collage. Gaps between the successive rings of the collage are often unavoidable due to the shifting conditions under which the works are produced, exposing some of the adhesive tape. 22 karat gold leaf is applied to the exposed adhesive to protect the collage from further rips and tears during handling, and to draw attention to the moments of misregistration and human error as a form of unconscious composition that arises during the application of a programmatic set of operations.

Titling Convention:

The date attributed to the work is the year of its first exhibition. A final description of the work, for example one that would appear on a wall didactic in an exhibition space, might read:

Blind Collage (Three 180º Rotations, The New York Times, Friday, October 11, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat
gold leaf
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 inches

Here annotated:
Blind Collage (Three 180º Rotations [number of cut rotations], The New York Times [name of publication], Friday, October 11, 2019 [date of publication/production])
2019 [date of first exhibition]
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf [media]
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 inches [dimensions]