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Artist’s statement: Ted Warnell

The z dimension in this work is important to the conceptual as well as the physical operation of the work. Normally, I am not so much concerned beyond the xy. My work is first graphic, then literary, interactive, and whatever else, so a concern beyond 2D is not high priority – until now, and with thanks in part to Rita Raley’s z queries.

The idea of 'versus' (as opposition) demands at the least two sides, so, it could be represented visually with just xy. Previous 'dual' examples (and these are xy representations):

    warnell.com/pbn_io/dialog04.htm. Subject: dialog
    Email from John Cayley (/w Rita Raley), 2004

    warnell.com/real/dialog.htm. Dialog
    Email exchange with visual poet Jim Andrews, 1997

So, thinking along that z line... the opposition comes not from the left or right, but from back to front ( 1 white from 9 x white moves to top )

    layer structure (top/front to bottom/rear):

        top (white)
        red
        9 x variable gray/black (opposite source to below)
        9 x white (may be TLT source or LL source)
        gray 'page'
        background