Andscape 3: Tarmac Textures for Smooth Sailing

Plaster cast

20.6 x 20.6 x 3 cm

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Ink monotype on paper

28 x 28 cm​

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Three inkjet prints on Hahnemühle photo rag paper, colored pencil

246 x 50 cm, 369 x 75 cm, 615 x 110 cm

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2021/2024

 

A plaster cast was made of a section of tarmac at Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin – one edge of which was rolled with printing ink and used to make a monotype. That monotype was then scanned at high resolution and printed large at three scales: 1:10, 1:15, and 1:25. Circles of 10cm diameter were drawn on the image and their radiuses added up in order to quantify the overall roughness of the sampled tarmac surface. The larger the scale, the longer the overall length: measurements are always variable based on the choice of tools and scale.