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As A Direction

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Title
As A Direction
by Paul Tzanetopoulos
Year
1975
Exhibition
1975 Solo Exhibition, University of California, Irvine
Location: UC Irvine gallery and surrounding area, Irvine, CA
Location
Location: UC Irvine gallery and surrounding area, Irvine, CA
Dimensions
40 ft. x 20 ft.; variable location 1 mile
Media
Multi-media installation
Supplemental
Illustrated publication available, "As A Direction" by Paul Tzanetopoulos, 1975.

Description

Artist infused a gallery space with a visual field of arrows. He sensed the direction the arrows pointed as a place from which to start his investigation, thus the field was to illustrate a perceived direction. This direction was then documented and transposed to US Geological quadrangles, to locate position and direction relative to normal declinations. His perceived direction coincided with USGS grid "North," as described in project text. Direction was followed and documented by artist, eventually revealing an adjacent hillside clearing, the exact size of the gallery (see publication), which subsequently was dusted with same arrow pattern, uniting both sites and drawing conceptual illusions (see publication).

Detail - Performance projection (1973).
Detail - Performance projection (1973).
Gallery Installation at University of California, Irvine and site installation at field in Irvine, California.
Gallery Installation at University of California, Irvine
and site installation at field in Irvine, California.
Another view, Gallery Installation at University of California, Irvine and Site installation at field in Irvine, California. Map was made available in Gallery for viewer's use in finding second site.
Another view, Gallery Installation at University of California, Irvine and Site installation at field in Irvine, California. Map was made available in Gallery for viewer's use in finding second site.

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