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DUST by Ujin Lee and Tom Edwards

photo snatched from www.ujinlee.com

Ujin Lee and Tom Edwards is currently working on this project called DUST. It says on the web site, that the project is in progress, why there is very little information to find about the thoughts behind the project.

As we are at South Pole Station exploring the 'aesthetics of dust' I find this project interesting as a kind of research. It seems that they are working with dust in a global sense, as it can occur everywhere - indoors awa outdoors.

The dust clouds created by Lee and Edwards contains traces of an explosion (horizontal lines), which leads me to the thought that they are 'created' as artifacts more than 'observed' as unexplainable natural phenomena. The aesthetics of theese explosions is powerful and agressive yet quiet as they lift them selves from the ground.

Will you ever be able to find a dust cloud like this without seeing to guys with a trigger and a camera?

I think it is important for the next takes on the 'aesthetics of dust' that we explore more closely the ephemeral qualities in the dust, and of cause, treat the dust as clouds instead of explosions.

Diskbänksrealism delay

Detour of everyday life, minimizing disturbing sound.

SPS anbefaler - extern papirkurv!

Detour dust-Easthetics Exhibition?

'aesthetics of dust'_initial easthetics

'aesthetics of dust'_detour 1_digital grid
'aesthetics of dust'_detour 2_ ASCII

Is it possible somehow to arrange a kind of exhibition in the realm of SPS; considering the'easthetics of dust'as the theme of the exhibition; presented as video.
And then, explore the one million detours possible to communicate the ecxact same 'data' ideas presented in the dust-videos.
In other words; what happens if we see the 'detours' as a kind of encrytion, through which we modify the basic easthetic set of rules.

Here is a piece of paper dotted with various inks, and lead, describing some initial ideas for how this would come to be, photographed.

The Ideas sketched out so far summed up are:

i) alphabet/sign wall/box

ii) ascii relief

a general statement about communication is established, and the various conventions communication is communicated with.

we welcome the next detour

The aesthetics of dust3.txt.avi

I have the text file saved for further ping-pong.

The aesthetics of dust3.txt