Denis Masi - Meeting 1976 – 1978

425 x 250 x 240 cm

A freestanding sculpture / construction with its own light, projection and sound systems.

Wood platform, table and standardized chair, 2 sheets of glass 183 x 122 x .08 cm these form a transparent wall between the table and the dog, 2 slide projectors on mild steel stands each with 80 slides on an auto-changer, mirror top on table with obscure found and made objects and devices arranged in a particular manner, small tape recorder with built in speaker, tape loop, stuffed dog and the atmosphere in the immediate area of the work invested with an unrecognizable odour.

List Description:

  • One dog
  • Two profile spotlights with yellow and blue filters
  • Two slide projectors each with 80 slides on an auto-change, one from point of view of the dog the other from the point of view of facing the table and the human understood
  • Two 183 x 122 x .8 cm sheets of glass to serve as a screen for the slides these are to form a wall between the dog and the table
  • Chair in front of table
  • False floor
  • Table display unit with various objects and devices
  • Tape loop of dog sounds:
    1 - threat, high intensity, no uncertainty
    2 - anxiety
    3 – uncertainty with suspicion
  • Aatmosphere in immediate area of the sculpture / construction invested with an unrecognizable odour

Exhibition provenance / history:

ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts, Main Gallery, London, 1979