In Sight Enables Us to Appreciate Distance, the screen coincides with the actual source of the images. The backlit text piece is made up of approximately 132 meters of celluloid film which are set up in 24 lines running in different speeds. The title of the work refers to a definition by French theorist Henri Poincaré (1850- 1912),”However, sight enables us to appreciate distance, and therefore to perceive a third dimension.”
Sight Enables Us to Appreciate Distance, 2013/2016
70mm film, aluminium, LED, motors
190 x 260 x 14cm
Images: Installation view at Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain, 2016. Photo: Roberto Ruiz © Rosa Barba
Sight Enables Us to Appreciate Distance, 2013/2016 has been on display at the following locations:
Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2024
Remai Modern, Saskatoon, 2018
Hangar Bicocca, Milano, 2017
Parra & Romero, Madrid, 2016
Turner Contemporary, Margate, 2013