Chapter 14: "Untitled"

Episode 14 February 28, 2023 00:02:12
Chapter 14: "Untitled"
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Chapter 14: "Untitled"

Feb 28 2023 | 00:02:12

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This chapter describes Untitled by Kim Moodie, created in 1997, and measuring 125 by 117 cm. There is a tactile version of one part of this drawing. It is labeled “1.” This chapter is 2 minutes long. 

This large drawing is composed of 20 8 ½ by 11 sheets of white paper, pulled roughly from a spiral notebook, and arranged in a grid, four down and five across. Using only a thick black felt tip pen, the artist has created something similar to a page from a comic book, with 20 cells, or scenes. Crudely drawn characters appear across these scenes, pulled from pop culture and history: witches, spiders, Godzilla, Frankenstein’s monster. In the top left corner, a mummy wrapped in bandages lifts a giant bird by their outstretched wings, or maybe tries to keep it from flying away. Fights unfold across the pages: a soldier wields a gun in one scene and throws a grenade in another. Walls, towers and obelisks populate the background, as does a set of empty chairs which keep reappearing. The chaos is emphasized by the density of how the artist has drawn everything, there is no empty spot left on the page. A NASA shuttle flies above a falling Godzilla in a starry night, about to crash land on a witch. A spider hunts a fly in his web, woven above a two-faced horse-riding cowboy who points a gun both ahead and behind him. Who wins, who loses? Despite the serial quality of the drawing, there is no satisfactory ending when we reach the bottom left cell of the artwork. 

To hear more about this work, play the next track. Or move to the next stop. Make a 180 degree turn and move down the path 2 metres and then turn right. The next stop is another 2 metres ahead. The drawing is slightly to your left.

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Speaker 0 00:00:00 Chapter 14 Untitled. This chapter describes untitled by Kim Moody, created in 1997 and measuring 125 by 117 centimeters. There is a tactile version of one part of this drawing. It is labeled one. This chapter is two minutes long. Speaker 1 00:00:21 This large drawing is composed of 28 and a half by 11 sheets of white paper. Pulled roughly from a spiral notebook and arranged ne grid, four down and five across. Using only a thick black belt tip pen. The artist has created something similar to a page from a comic book with 20 cells or scenes. Crudely drawn characters appear across these scenes pulled from pop culture and history. Witches, spiders, Godzilla Frankenstein's monster. In the top left corner, a mummy wrapped in bandages, lifts a giant bird by their outstretched wings, or maybe tries to keep it from flying away. Fights unfold across the pages. A soldier wields a gun in one scene and throws a grenade in another walls, towers and Oiss populate the background, as does a set of empty chairs, which keeps reappearing. The chaos is emphasized by the density of how the artist has drawn everything. There is no empty spot left on the page. A NASA shuttle flies above a falling Godzilla. In a starry night about to crash land on a witch, a spider hunts, a fly in his web, woven above a two-faced horse riding cowboy who points a gun both ahead and behind him, who wins, who loses. Despite the serial quality of the drawing, there is no satisfactory ending when we reach the bottom left cell of the artwork. Speaker 0 00:01:55 To hear more about this work, play the next track or move to the next stop. Make 180 degree turn and move down the path two meters, and then turn right. The next stop is another two meters ahead. The drawing is slightly to your left.

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