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Molly Tufnell

Molly Tufnell

'Stitches the Universe'

Contemporary Artist & Teacher

2007 ALBERT'S DREAM - A WORK STILL IN PROGRESS

This work was inspired by the research of physicists attempting to unify our understanding of how the universe works. This suggests that there is only one basic component, a tiny vibrating strand of energy called a string. The strings make a multitude of vibrational patterns and it is their interactions that make up all the constituents of nature.
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This exhibition was called 'Selected Bibliography' at Morrab Library in Penzance. Each artist chose a room to respond to and my choice was the Science Room because I felt this was the most appropriate placement for my work. The notice on the door to the room is shown above.



Below are images of me knitting and the gradual accumulation and placement of patterns in the room.
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Below are the notices in the space to enrich experience of the piece.
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This notice shows the basic structure of each unit to be placed in the room.

Each unit had it's own algorithm or set of instructions...
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The notices above and the two below show the pattern index. Each unit was labelled so that the viewer could cross reference it with the index, and each index was cross referenced with the book the pattern had come from.
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These are the books the patterns were taken from and they were labelled using the correct Dewey classification and became part of the library for the duration of the exhibition so that a visitor could find the book and a particular pattern if desired.
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Each artist was asked to provide a bibliography for the piece and this notice showed mine.
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It was decided to produce a modern-day Chapbook in place of a catalogue. A Chapbook is a publication of up to about 40 pages. Ours had loose inserts from each artist related to their work and this image gives an indication of what the Chapbook contained.
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