| Slip |
| (2004) |
| Thick envelope containing ink powder
and a soft brush. |
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| Slip deals with the notions of suspicion
and safety-thinking in the post-9/11 world. When the envelope reaches
its destination, it probably have been touched by more hands than the
average item of mail due to its, in the eyes of a mail- or customs employee,
suspicious look. But this suspicion only serve the whole idea with the
piece; to "pull the carpet" under the ones suspecting it by
exposing their fingerprints using the very things that they suspected.
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Before
sent to the gallery.
When
the gallery has received the envelope, they use the contents to detect the fingerprints
on it. The green tape says the envelope has been opened and examined at the
U.S border
The
envelope is displayed in the exhibition.
