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WHAT 1. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE Glossary
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE Glossary consists of a series of toolkits. Tools for different activities are laid out vertically, side-by-side, with a few inches of space between them, and hand-stitched between two layers of undyed muslin with the fabric taut around each object so the form of each object is apparent. The General Use Toolkit includes such items as a pencil, pushpin, scissors, and paper-clip. The Architecture Toolkit includes such items as a compass, seven 1:100 scale figures, a t-square, and a scale ruler. The Band Practice Toolkit includes an electric guitar, a polyphonic synthesizer, an overturned bucket, and two drumsticks. The Toolkit Production Toolkit includes a swatch of muslin, a tin of superfine silk pins, a spool of hand-quilting thread, and a needle and thread. The toolkits are each displayed on separate, unpainted shelves hung at table-level, with two inches of space around the edge of each toolkit.
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WHAT 2. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE Geometry
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE Geometry consists a series of garments. Each garment is formed by the repetition and tessellation of a single shape; larger shapes are enlargements of the original singular shape. These enclosing volumes have openings for the head, arms, and legs. The Cube comprises six 30x30-inch squares in black cotton canvas. The Isosceles Triangle Double Cone consists of twelve isosceles triangles in white silk organza. The Equilateral Triangle Trilateral Pyramid comprises forty-eight 24-inch triangles in undyed cotton natural bull denim. The Equilateral Trilateral Pyramid consists of four 48-inch triangles in black cotton canvas. The Vesica Pisces Sphere comprises five vesica pisces in black cotton fleece and black cotton ribbed-knit trim. The Rhombus-Quilted Rhombus-Faced Rhombus consists of thirty-six 10-inch rhombuses in black synthetic fabric. The garments are hung on a clothing rack in order from least complicated to most complicated, with the Vesica Pisces Sphere draped on a dress-form.
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WHAT 3. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE Cartography
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE Cartography comprised three parts: a wearable object, a performance, and a video titled Walk to Watertown. The wearable object consisted of two connected dresses constructed from a bolt of white drapery fabric. The dresses were worn on a performed walk along the Charles River from Harvard Square to Watertown. The connecting fabric dragged on the ground, picking up dirt and debris to index the journey. Afterwards, the dresses were displayed on two hangers hung eight feet apart on a wall. A twenty-two minute video reconstructed and condensed the walk around the natural transition in the visual environment. The documentation followed the two performers, their environment, and passersby along their plot from the sunny banks of the river to an increasingly monotonous road until the two entered Friendly’s. The video was displayed on a television monitor in a separate space from that where the two dresses were displayed.
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