![GHOST](http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/media/w540h540/collection/P7272.jpg)
© The Artist
GHOST 1998
Graham Gussin (1960 – )
Details
- Dimension
- 20CM DIAMETER
- Media
- THE CAMBRIDGE ATLAS OF THE STARS/PULPED PAPER DISC
- Accession number
- P7272
Summary
Each disc started life as a single copy of ‘The Cambridge Atlas of the Stars’. By pulping the atlas and recasting it, the information contained within the original book was rendered invisible. “The title Ghost came from thinking about this process. The material was compressed and abstracted leaving a ghost presence or a souvenir black hole, a blank of the atlas. The process of turning a map of the infinite reaches of space into a single block of material (an object) is what fascinated me. The light blue/grey disc can be read as a plaque, something used to designate or label space or, more pictorially, a planet-like object. It hovers above our heads on the edge of visibility.”
Multiplication, The British Council 2001 text © The Multiple Store