In Sit You
Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins
October 4, 2006 – April 15, 2007
Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, In Sit You, 2006; Tri-Vision Rotating Billboard, 10' x 20', Aggregate Park Bench, 8' x 4' x 2'
Artist Statement
In Sit You employs a Tri-Vision billboard comprised of vertical panels that rotate to produce three different images – a composition of coloured stripes in motion. When the columns of the billboard rotate, the shifting stripes of colour create an intense optical effect. Although the surface of the billboard appears two dimensional between image shifts, it is comprised of rotating triangular columns. The theme of the project literally revolves around flatness and three-dimensional motion. The stripes flip from a vertical to a 60-degree orientation upon the first turn of the billboard, and to an opposite 60-degree orientation on the second flip. The third flip reveals the original vertical stripes, and then the motion repeats. Between each flip the viewer sees harlequins of geometric shape and rotations of line. It is as if the stripes are being bent into several dimensions that refer to rendered perspective while re-affirming the “flatness” of abstract painting.
From the vantage point of the park bench painted to match the billboard, the viewer becomes part of a conceptual framework and is aware of the multiplicity of the installation's title In Sit You. The regular purpose of the advertising billboard is replaced by an abstract visual experience. In Sit You transgresses public space by placing a park bench in front of a billboard or vice-versa.
