3 translations of Edward Fitzgerald's 5 translations of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. An electro-mechanical transient optical sculptural experience of the writing on the wall. In the dark. That is to say, what if the writing on the wall is embodied/performed by a self-preoccupied robot with an ET-like lighted finger. Tracing philosophy out into space. We built the robots and did all of the programming. "the Moving Finger writes" is a component of a series of situations we call "Tableaux Non Vivants."
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3 translations of Edward Fitzgerald's 5 translations of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. An electro-mechanical transient optical sculptural experience of the writing on the wall. In the dark. That is to say, what if the writing on the wall is embodied/performed by a self-preoccupied robot with an ET-like lighted finger. Tracing philosophy out into space. We built the robots and did all of the programming. "the Moving Finger writes" is a component of a series of situations we call "Tableaux Non Vivants."
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- Year Created: 2008
- Submitted to ArtBase: Monday Apr 28th, 2008
- Original Url: http://www.abbydonovan.com
- Permalink: http://www.abbydonovan.com
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Work Credits:
- abby donovan, creator
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